The Folkestone Mermaid

Sculpture · 2011 · Folkestone, Kent

Where

Overlooking Sunny Sands beach, Folkestone

Folkestone, Kent

Any time, from the public beach and harbour area

About this artwork

The Folkestone Mermaid© Loz Pycock from London, UKCC BY-SA 2.0

Cornelia Parker made her own version of Copenhagen’s Little Mermaid for the 2011 Triennial. A local woman modelled for it, so the figure is of a Folkestone resident rather than a fairy tale princess. It looks out over Sunny Sands and is one of the best known pieces in the permanent Folkestone Artworks collection.

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