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Underground Tree

Shigeo Toya 1997

'Underground Tree' sits by the forest road north of the Millwood Trail, on the way up to Moor Top and is a tree which has seemingly been upended and entombed under a stone cairn. It's tricky to do justice to this one through photographs, since it looks like nothing more than a pile of stones from a distance and is almost lost beneath the undergrowth now, but get close enough and you'll see it. Speaking about the piece, Toya remarked:

"The allegorical tree is full of death and yet beautiful."

'Underground Tree' has recently been joined on this stretch of road by Charlie Whinney's 'Sharing'.

Also by this artist:

God of Thunder 1995

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