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One of the exhibits at the "Lost in Lace" exhibition at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery which I stumbled on by chance today. This is 5 dresses suspended in a three dimensional structure of black wool !!! It is a most impressive sight. It has a ghostly feel to it too. It's by Chiharu Shiota (Japan) and is called "After the dream"

an absolutely amazing sculpture at the heart of the Goodwood festival of speed. It attracted lots of attention from keen photographers!

From the telegraph 30 june 2011;

"A new sculpture to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the iconic Jaguar E-type has been unveiled at Goodwood on the first day of the Festival of Speed.

The monument, built out of piping, soars 28 meters into the sky in front of Goodwood House and will be one of the first things to greet visitors arriving to the motoring festival, which kicked off June 30.

The piece was created in the model of an up-ended E-type by the sculptor Gerry Judah, using steel supplied by another offshoot of Jaguar's parent company, Indian industry conglomerate Tata.

It weighs 150 tonnes, says Jaguar - approximately the same as 122 series 1 E-Type models."