Old Flo, by NOVYI LEF

Old Flo

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Old Flo was the nickname given to Henry Moore's sculpture Draped Seated Woman (1957-8), which was bought by London County Council and placed on the then-new Stifford Estate, a council estate in Tower Hamlets. The acquisition of a public sculpture by such a prestigious artist for a council estate is unthinkable now, and indicative of the attitudes of the period, where housing for everybody was seen as a priority, and the arts were seen not as the preserve of a wealthy elite but something to be owned and enjoyed by all.

In 2012 the decision was taken by the leader of Tower Hamlets council to sell the sculpture - this lead to a dispute as to who owned the sculpture, and several campaigns to prevent the sale of the sculpture and keep it in public hands.

The campaigns were successful in their aim, in part due to the leader of Tower Hamlets council being impeached due to corruption, and his successor pledging to cancel the sale.

Old Flo currently resides at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, on long-term loan from Tower Hamlets Council, although plans have been recently announced to re-site her at Canary Wharf, amongst the office buildings - a far cry from the council estate that she came from.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draped_Seated_Woman_1957%E2%80%9358

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released May 5, 2017

Sample: Bob & Roberta Smith "Save Old Flo protest"

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NOVYI LEF Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Combining analogue synths, brutalist architecture, pounding drum machines and a working-class consciousness, NOVYI LEF produce modernist synth punk for the future we never had.

Euan // Tom

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