Antony Gormley Iron Bodies Art Not Jumpers: NYPD

NEW YORK — The New York Police Department wants the public to know that the figures soon to be gazing down from buildings near a midtown park are an artist's body casts – not residents in distress.

Police spokesman Paul Browne said Tuesday that the department was worried the upcoming outdoor exhibit might spark 911 calls reporting possible jumpers, so it wanted to alert the public.

According to the Madison Square Park Conservancy Web site, the work by Antony Gormley consists of 31 life-size figures of the artist cast in iron and glass fiber. They're being installed on pathways, sidewalks and rooftops for an exhibit beginning March 26.

The site says Gormley created the installation for a show in London in 2007.

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[sjw1977]

05:18 AM on 04/16/2010

Stupid Americans. We had over 100 of these statues in the sea just off Crosby beach near Liverpool and was there hundreds of calls about drowning people - no... Why??? Because we are not ignorant in the UK and we do read the local newspapers and watch the TV news which announces these fantastic art installations and we realise that they are models and not 100 suicidal drowning people, or a couple of jumpers from a New York skyscraper - New Yorkers need to get a little less ignorant for once in their life - its a shamefully ignorant city - for once aprpecaite what is going on around you eh???