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David Breuer-Weil’s latest monumental sculpture takes ‘Flight’ in Marble Arch

David Breuer-Weil's latest sculpture Flight has just been unveiled, which depicts the virtually impossible – a magical sculpture of a flying man taking off from Marble Arch.

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All images courtesy of the artist. Via Creative Boom submission.

All images courtesy of the artist. Via Creative Boom submission.

A hallmark of Breuer-Weil’s monumental works is the very physical nature of the pieces with their deliberately textured surfaces and, when creating this work, he spontaneously covered the surface of the sculpture in pictures and words.

Flight shows an airborne man – the quintessential modern image of a human on the move. In today's world, nobody is bound to one particular place and we think nothing of travelling thousands of miles in one day.

"I fly all the time and produce a large number of my drawings and small paintings when in flight," says David. "Flying frees the mind. Human aspiration and ambition have always been represented by the idea of flying. But it is also about human and artistic freedom, the possible flights of the imagination where anything is possible."

Other works by the artist can be seen in Cavendish Square, Portman Square and against the backdrop of the Saint Pancras Church on the Euston Road. See more of his work at davidbreuerweil.com.

David Breuer-Weil's bronze sculpture Flight depicting a flying figure stands in a green park with a London red double-decker bus and Georgian buildings behind it
David Breuer-Weil's monumental sculpture Flight depicts a dark metal figure of a man in mid-air with elongated limbs reaching upward, installed on a grassy park setting surrounded by trees
David Breuer-Weil's monumental bronze sculpture Flight depicts a figure in mid-air with elongated limbs stretching upwards, mounted on tall textured legs in a park setting
David Breuer-Weil's bronze sculpture Flight depicting a man in mid-air with textured surface and flowing ribbons against a blue sky and green foliage
David Breuer-Weil's bronze sculpture Flight depicts an airborne figure suspended above Marble Arch, with textured surfaces covered in images and words, against a cloudy sky and London buildings
Bronze sculpture of a figure in flight with outstretched arms suspended from textured vertical ropes, set against London townhouses
David Breuer-Weil stands with hands in pockets beneath two gnarled tree trunks in a park setting, with red vehicles visible in the blurred background
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