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Gormley's one he made earlier
By Louise Jury, Evening Standard 09.10.07
Italian job: Antony Gormley's statue in Poggibonsi, near Siena
Repeat: The artist with Resolution in Shoe Lane
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When an Evening Standard reader saw a picture of Antony Gormley's new statue in the paper last week he had a feeling of déjà vu.
John Burrell thought that Resolution in the City was just like something he had seen on a holiday in Italy two years ago. He searched through his photographs and found the picture reproduced here.
Mr Burrell, from Harrogate, who works for Network Rail, said: "We were waiting at a station near Siena and I saw the statue out of the window - I thought it looked like a warning not to touch the overhead wires. I saw the article in the Standard and thought it was a dead ringer."
The artist confirmed that Resolution, a sculpture of his own body in Shoe Lane, is part of an ongoing series.
Seven works were made for Poggibonsi, near Siena, in 2004 based on residents' bodies. Gormley said each was unique: "I don't know how many there are, but I'm still making them. That is what artistic exploration is - you keep on going back to the same motifs."
A spokeswoman for the City of London said it knew of similar works by Gormley and added that Resolution was a "wonderful sculpture".
