9/11 sculpture by Miya Ando takes up residence at Olympic Park
A statue made from some of the wreckage of the Twin Towers following the 9/11 attacks has been given a permanent home at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in East London.
The work by New York- based artist Miya Ando, which is made from a piece of twisted steel taken from Ground Zero, was originally presented to mayor Boris Johnson in 2010 by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on the stipulation that it would be displayed at a prominent London landmark.
The 'After 9/11' sculpture had a brief stint at Battersea Park but was then transferred to a farm in Cambridge for storage after a struggle to locate a permanent home.
However, the statue was unveiled for the second time today (17 March) by Johnson who commented: “Nearly 14 years may have passed but this prodigious art work will generate continued interest, discussion and memories in the thousands of visitors to its landmark new home."
Ando, who works primarily in metal, last year collaborated with electronics company Bang & Olufsen for its BeoLab 12 project; a collection of 20 bespoke speakers.