Iron:Man

Iron:Man is a statue by Antony Gormley, in Victoria Square, Birmingham, England.

[1] It is said by the sculptor to represent the traditional skills of Birmingham and the Black Country practised during the Industrial Revolution.

[1] It was controversial initially, with early accusations of rusting being explained as deliberate by Gormley when he stated that the type of iron used encourages surface oxidation to protect the underlying metal.

[1] A maquette of the statue used to be at the Public Art Commissions Agency in the Jewellery Quarter,[1] but is now located at the Birmingham Museum Collection Centre in Nechells.

[citation needed] The statue was moved into storage in September 2017, to allow the tracks for the West Midlands Metro extension to Centenary Square to be laid,[2] and restored to a new site in Victoria Square in February 2022.