Plans for new statue inspired by Maid Marian unveiled

Nottingham City Council, BACKLIT Gallery and It’s in Nottingham, announced a vibrant new public artwork will be unveiled this summer. The artwork, which will be created by artist Alicja Biala who is renowned for her large-scale paintings and sculptures displayed in public places across Europe. The statue will be located in the new rain garden at the corner of Maid Marian Way and Upper Parliament Street - a prominent position at a key entrance to the city that will act as a welcome to everyone using the new Maid Marian Way junction and pedestrians using the new public realm. The statue will be a silhouette formed entirely of cast-metal fragments, representing Maid Marian. It will be created using cast bronze foliage of local native plants from around Nottinghamshire, including English oak, silver birch, hawthorn, bluebell, common nettle and alpine pennycress. The sculpture will sit upon a sandston