THE FACE THE FACE THE FACE

What do you think of the

"Face Of Wigan" ? located in the Wiend / Millgate

Check on news above Only cost £80 K

JJ

not keen jj i dont remember voting for it

It's only money.............hang on,it's our money they're spending.I think the key words are OUR MONEY.If it was their own i'm pretty sure they would waste it like that.

Own mon
it dont look owt lyke me

Im a wiganer through and through

Unless theres another wigan up ont Moon



JJ

£80k to have il Duce looking at you up the wiend, someone needs talking to! What next a portrait of Hideki Tojo outside the town hall, good to know our money is being well used..

xrh59,
it does look like Mousolini!Which I expect fits the fascist face of Wigan council.I wouldn't be suprised if he was joined by Hitler and Stalin shortly!
This is the first I've heard of this ,so how was the voting carried out?
I can onlyassume that those who did vote forthis like ugly, or was it the best of a very bad bunch to pick from.
How can this be described as an amalgamation of all the inhabitants
of Wigan ,it leaves out 50% of the population -Women.
Come on we could all draw any face and say that it represented a whole town population and who could argue.It could also be used in any town any where in the country as there is nothing specific to Wigan at all about it.
The "artist" could con loads of daft councillors into buying this for their towns and make a fortune!

Having read JJ's post this morning, I've been to see 'The Face of Wigan' and must say, I love it. I can't fault the artist.

There was a lot of interest from people in the area. I heard a woman in her 30's excitedly exclaim, "Wow, look at that - it's cool!" and an older lady walk past with her husband to say, with a bit less enthusiasm, "It's a bl**dy waste of tax payers' money, if you ask me."

you may not be able to fault the artist but it is just a face ,any face from anywhere .What does it actually say about Wigan.

Personally, I don't think it needs to say anything about Wigan, Vera.
It's a piece of art and adds to/detracts from the town centre's environment by its own merit.

I find it interesting. Not sure how it links to our area but it's something to talk about.

It's not council money though, I understand that Modus have paid for it.

Still a lot of money for a yed!!!

The face of Wigan should be a coal miner/mill girl.
That carbuncle is not a Wigan face no matter how you look at it.

It didn't cost the rate payers anything,
only a few acres of the town center

it has been placed on a concrete plinth in the middle of the play circle which was made for the children who use the Wiend Centre, ergo no more play circle

Dead right coccium, think they call it "Planning Gain" sounds better than "fiddle"
I suppose it's a bit more imaginative than a Rugby ball on a stick to commemorate Central Park, that must have taken some effort to think up.

This is not a permanent fixture - it's to be moved around to several locations within Wigan Borough - so the kids maze will remain.

I took loads of photos of it being installed by crane on Wednesday night. Look out for it on the Photo-a-day apge soon.

Oy correct me if Im wrong but the plinth was built on site? It had shuttering around it to keep it in place after the concrete had been poured !

Yes Danni it was built on site. It was already in place when I got there on Wednesday.

so its ruined the play circle

I'm not sure Danni - maybe it was laid on some sort of protective base?

To be honest the play circle is in a pretty poor condition to start with.

I'll make some enquiries.

thank you ! I spent many a happy hour there playing with the children when I worked in the wiend a few years ago

Holy cow it looks like our Franny!

"To be honest the play circle is in a pretty poor condition to start with" !!!!


CORN'T SPEYK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Another great waste of money from our council!!

didnt like to say Emps !

Franny if you come on here click on the NEWS tab at the top.

Seen it and it is me! I am immortalised!

Seen it and it is me! I am immortalised!

Better looking than that George Formby one!

Laffin my yed off here.

What a beautiful looking statue!

all it needs now is a green beany hat and a lump !

Anyone knit? We need an extra large green woolly hat.For the statue pls.

It's Musso The Wop (He's A Big-A-Da-Flop) from the Dandy c1940.

I`m glad its not public money. I think the council should restore Haigh Hall with any funds going spare.

Franny: Seen it and it is me! I am immortalised!

Don't get big-headed about it though!

How long before the pidgeons start to call it home ? Will it then become S**t head .

Some nice Christmas decorations, lights and a tree would have been appreciated in town the place is bloody dreary compared to other towns.

Couldnt agree more Xrh. I work in Colchester a fair bit and the lights there are fanstastic and well appreciated. Maybe they will make the statues eyes light up! Only lights they are interested in putting up in Wigan go red, amber, green!

I think it's really rather a fine piece actually!

Money would have been better spent cleaning some area's up.

sorry folks I like it.. It reflects the hard working man of Wigan. Square jawed, rugged features, a face that has seen the hard times as well as good. the brick shapes that make up the face are remanisant of the old terraced houses that once littered our proud town. Features that have tasted the mud on Central Park, and gloried in the triumph of the Wembley trophy. A face that tells of toiling in the mines, iron works and cotton mills. A face with a story to tell... Got me "arty" head on can you tell..lol
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An here's me thinking it were down to wind and botox.

EDIT

I was referring to the facial features, not cerridwens lyrical waxing.

Have you come face to face with it yet, Dostaf?

No, not yet jo anne but I certainly intend to. It looks well constructed and recognisable. Unlike the curious bundle near Maxims.

I am going on Monday flu bug permitting cos I want to check if that base is permanent ! If it is then I wont be happy

I'm v impressed by it - I've told my Mum to look near the Wiend the next time she's in Wigan - but haven't told her what the sculpture is. It was magic seeing people come upon it without expecting it when I was there yesterday.

Waft and Weave - I like that too.

Warp and Weft madam Warp and Weft.

Representing weaving strands.

Warp = vertical.

Weft = horizontal (or Weft to Wight)

I was almost wight.

What's in a name - that's my Maxim(es).

Actually Hiram Maxim invented a machine gun and those flying machines at the entrance to Blackpool Pleasure Beach.

Sorry - didn't meant to be pedantic.

I'll try to remember 'Warp and Weft'.

I was a bit unconfident about Waft and Weave, but googling has become so slow recently - it's taken all the fun out of it.

echoing my mate elsewhere, how many men will piddle up against it tonight after one too many?

It will be rusty in a week Danni!!

That dun't beer thinking about - ughh!

Can't wait to see it with spray painted specs on or some other graffiti.

Give over. Pedantic? Moi? (Wrong joke)
No problem jo anne. I saw it on some history programme, left to right - weft to wight.


Getting back to the face, and google. It reminds me of that optical ilusion of a type of mask which rotates. At first it looks like a positive image, like the sculpture, but is actually reversed, like a mould of a face. (or vise versa) Not found it though.

it still looks like franny I kid you not !

I wonder which mate you mean Danni?

From what i have seen it won't just be the men!

You know what I have to agree. It does have a look of young Francis about it lol!

Do you know something we don't Franny?

It will look like Ainsley Harriot within a week!

I hope it's well lit up at night or someone might be heading for an accident there.

you know who Lisa its deffo francis !!!

You never know, they may start sacrificing virgins in front of it.

I think they have erected it in recognition of my contribution to Wigan World Danni!

They wont find any in Wigan Dostaf!

Ta da da da da daaaaaaaaaaaa

Im a mind-reader franny.

behave you 2 ! Franny tomorrow night it will be sporting a green knitted beany hat and have a lump on its neck

It will have something on it's neck although I'm not sure it's a lump. But it will have a marbled effect to it! Some poor drunk girl will think she has got lucky!

eeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwww

As long as it aint a drunk bloke I aint bothered Lisa! On the new Frankie Boyle video he says his mate packed in drinking cos he could not stand waking up in the morning and seeing all the money he had spent and not knowing how he spent it. Frankie reckons it is worse if you wake up and cannot remember but realise you have more money than what you went out with!

eeeeeeeeeeeeeewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww

As usual, more crap in the town centre.
Apparently Modus paid for it so we 've got nothing to worry about ( yeah right ) and sorry to disagree but i would rather have george formby than this piece of s**t.
In all honesty do we really need shed loads of moronic statues all over the town, after all its us who is paying for it and 95% of us dont even want em here.

Hotpot----should the face
be something be something like this ?



Thanks Xrh----What have I done wrong ?????

Dingerbell you only missed ] off your jpg.

Well it seems that the big head is not a permanent fixture after all, it is to be moved every 18 months to different parts of the borough.

not seen the face as yet and looking at the picture i dont think i want to

Wigan council are a joke and have been for many a year