<![CDATA[An inverse bust by the Catalan artist Josep Maria Subirachs inserted into the wall of the 1842 former Stockwell Chapel of Ease on Howard Street, behind the St Enoch Centre in Glasgow.]]>An inverse bust by the Catalan artist Josep Maria Subirachs inserted into the wall of the 1842 former Stockwell Chapel of Ease on Howard Street, behind the St Enoch Centre in Glasgow.

The bust is designed in such a way as to fool the brain, and as a result as you walk past it, it suddenly changes from disappearing into the wall to standing out from it and before flipping back again.

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/b024f3a4-d7a1-44ec-8114-7fea945e037f/an-inverse-bust-by-the-catalan-artist-josep-maria-subirachs-inserted-into-the-wall-of-the-1842-former-stockwell-chapel-of-ease-on-howard-street-behind-the-st-enoch-centre-in-glasgow.RSS for NodeSat, 02 May 2026 16:09:49 GMTSat, 25 Apr 2026 19:19:16 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to An inverse bust by the Catalan artist Josep Maria Subirachs inserted into the wall of the 1842 former Stockwell Chapel of Ease on Howard Street, behind the St Enoch Centre in Glasgow. on Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:37:53 GMT]]>@thisismyglasgow I admit I'd never noticed that!

A couple of interesting fossils in the street names round there too: Ropework Lane and Metropole Lane...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/ncdominie/statuses/116469863133496014https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/ncdominie/statuses/116469863133496014Sun, 26 Apr 2026 07:37:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An inverse bust by the Catalan artist Josep Maria Subirachs inserted into the wall of the 1842 former Stockwell Chapel of Ease on Howard Street, behind the St Enoch Centre in Glasgow. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:00:29 GMT]]>@thisismyglasgow oh my god. Freaky!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/exlibrarykris/statuses/116467592719096401https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/exlibrarykris/statuses/116467592719096401Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:00:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An inverse bust by the Catalan artist Josep Maria Subirachs inserted into the wall of the 1842 former Stockwell Chapel of Ease on Howard Street, behind the St Enoch Centre in Glasgow. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:36:31 GMT]]>@thisismyglasgow really cool!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.uy/users/sinmisterios/statuses/116467026563513136https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.uy/users/sinmisterios/statuses/116467026563513136Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:36:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An inverse bust by the Catalan artist Josep Maria Subirachs inserted into the wall of the 1842 former Stockwell Chapel of Ease on Howard Street, behind the St Enoch Centre in Glasgow. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:35:50 GMT]]>@thisismyglasgow so sad

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.uy/users/sinmisterios/statuses/116467023917539913https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.uy/users/sinmisterios/statuses/116467023917539913Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:35:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to An inverse bust by the Catalan artist Josep Maria Subirachs inserted into the wall of the 1842 former Stockwell Chapel of Ease on Howard Street, behind the St Enoch Centre in Glasgow. on Sat, 25 Apr 2026 19:19:49 GMT]]>The artwork was added to the building during a re-development by CRGP Ltd which help save it from the threat of demolition. Despite being by a major international artist (Subirachs worked on Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia in Barcelona), few people give it a second glance as they hurry past it, if they even notice it at all.

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