A Sculpture Park is unfolding on Romney Marsh. It is completely free to the public. There are 100 square miles of land on the Romney Marshes so it has the potential to be the largest sculpture park in the UK. The first sculptures may be seen in New Romney at Sainsbury’s, in the High Street opposite the Methodist Church and on a Fairfield Road roof top near Walner Lane.
Other sites will be included as time and funding allow. It is an enjoyable challenge for the IMOS Foundation to make Romney Marsh and even greater draw for visitors with the addition of an international level attraction. The New Romney Town Council now has an arts policy and may be supportive of sculptures on The Greens at Littlestone and elsewhere.
The idea for a Sculpture Park germinated over time. It will unfold with the slow acquisition of individual works and their placement in the designated spots. Most sculptures are now at the Hope All Saints Sculpture Park
This approach allows the programme to flower in its own way as a growing number of artists get involved with their diverse styles, varied subjects and different materials.
Some local sculptors including Clive Soord, Yulia Podolska and Robert Koenig have already made works for the Sculpture Park. The Royal Society of Sculptors is supportive of the project. In an ambitious plan each of the twenty seven EU countries will be asked to display a work that will represent their country’s sculptural tradition.
Once in place the sculptures, under the general ownership of the IMOS Foundation, will make a permanent or semi-permanent fixtures. There may be some variation of the display from time to time as a work is added or another replaced. It is anticipated that only those works that require almost no maintenance and pose no danger to the public are commissioned and installed.
