Homage to Leonardo, Belgrave Square (1982)
by londonist
a while ago
Description:
Just to confuse matters, works exist of this name by both Paolozzi and Plazzotta. While Paolozzi offers an abstract silk screen, Plazzotta’s work shows a bronze recreation of Leonardo’s famous Vitruvian Man. To get close and personal to this one, you have to know someone who attends ambassadors' receptions. Belgrave Square is insufferably posh, and its majestic gardens are only open to keyholders. However, the work is close enough to the perimeter fence for the general public to enjoy. It also has the distinction of being the only London sculpture by Plazzotta to be visible on Google Earth, if you can’t be arsed to leave the house.