{"id":248815,"date":"2025-10-29T14:20:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/248815\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T14:20:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T14:20:26","slug":"he-would-be-absolutely-thrilled-manx-artists-loved-ones-attend-unveiling-of-final-sculpture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/248815\/","title":{"rendered":"“He would be absolutely thrilled”: Manx artist’s loved ones attend unveiling of ‘final’ sculpture"},"content":{"rendered":"

Family and friends of Manx artist Bryan Kneale say he would be ‘absolutely thrilled’ by the installation of his final piece of sculpture in St John’s.<\/p>\n

Mr Kneale,\u00a0a founding member of the Isle of Man Arts Council and whose works include the Three Legs of Mann outside Ronaldsway airport,\u00a0died last month<\/a> at the age of 95.<\/p>\n

His artwork ‘Eelips’, which he worked on in the final years of his life, was unveiled in the Tynwald National Park and Arboretum on Saturday (25 October).<\/p>\n

It’s said that the sculpture “brings together two- and three-dimensional forms, designed to physically\u00a0frame the landscape”.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“It creates a portal crossing time and place, a space for contemplation\u00a0and passage. Natural beauty and human creativity are brought together, with each visitor\u00a0completing the scene from their own unique viewpoint and imagination.”<\/p>\n

Read more about the sculpture and its installation HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n

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“He could imagine it in the Manx landscape, he knew exactly where it was going to go. And he knew the view across the Island, down to Corrin’s Tower. So, he could picture it, even though he’s not with us today.” – Kate Kneale<\/p>\n

Bryan’s daughter Kate Kneale was there for the unveiling:<\/p>\n

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His friend and fellow artist Ian Ritchie says the sculpture represents a part of Bryan himself:<\/p>\n

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WATCH: The moment ‘Eelips’ is unveiled by Environment, Food and Agriculture Minister Clare Barber:<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Family and friends of Manx artist Bryan Kneale say he would be ‘absolutely thrilled’ by the installation of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134,525,522,523,524,136,44,526],"class_list":["post-248815","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-fun","tag-isle-of-man","tag-manx","tag-manx-news","tag-music","tag-news","tag-presenters"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}