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Macaque sculptures form new public art trail
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Gibraltar Chronicle
A new public art trail, called Jump Around Gib, featuring a series of brightly painted Barbary macaque sculptures has been unveiled across Gibraltar, following a year-long community project led by The Growing Artists Hub.
Inspired by similar public art trails in cities across the UK, the initiative brings together six community groups and four local artists to celebrate creativity and place art in everyday public spaces.
Although other ideas such as dolphins and a lighthouse were considered, the Barbary macaque sculpture was “the obvious choice” for the first trail.
Some of the macaques were stored at The Growing Artists Hub while artists and community groups completed their designs.
Each macaque sculpture is themed, with concepts developed by the project leads and then interpreted by the artists and groups.