The 76-year-old, who lives a 10-minute drive from Crosby beach, said the “inspiring” artworks got him “thinking about life in general”.<\/p>\n
He added the installation, which covers a distance of nearly two miles (3km), attracts tourists from all over the world.<\/p>\n
“I have met people who have travelled from Canada and Australia to see the Iron Men,” he said.<\/p>\n
Sefton cabinet member and journalist, councillor Peter Harvey, who has helped with the exhibition, said: “After 20 years, the resilience, humour and solidarity of the Iron Men have proven their credentials as honorary Scousers.<\/p>\n
“People’s reactions to ‘meeting’ the iron men can be different – some playful, others more reflective.<\/p>\n
“Many visitors have described how they relate to the figures’ relentless struggle in a volatile, harsh world.”<\/p>\n
He added: “Personally, I love how a generation of younger admirers – including my four children – have grown up alongside the iron men, embracing them into our community.”<\/p>\n
The free exhibition – entitled Men for All Seasons at The Atkinson – runs until 21 February.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 76-year-old, who lives a 10-minute drive from Crosby beach, said the “inspiring” artworks got him “thinking about…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":360054,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[449,458,459,64,63,460,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-360053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-au","12":"tag-australia","13":"tag-design","14":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360053","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=360053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/360053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/360054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}