Apparently now there's a sculpture that can "look at all the lonely people." The Liverpool Echo reports that an artist in the Beatles' hometown of Liverpool has created a statue that was inspired by the title character of the band's legendary 1966 track "Eleanor Rigby" –– made solely out of old bank notes.
The Echo claims that British artist Leonard Brown created the 5' 2" sculpture, making it by using "thousands of shredded £5, £10 and £20 bank notes" which total over £1 million. It was all done in order to pay honor to the legendary song character.
Of the piece of art, Brown notes, "The sculpture serves to show people that money isn't the only way to make you happy, or indeed 'buy you love' and we should all be thankful for what we have. There are people in every town and city like Eleanor Rigby who live a lonely life, and whose only worldly goods are kept in bags that they carry."
So, how did the artist get such a hefty sum of bank notes? Well, he apparently went straight to the top, attempting to get in touch with the Governor of the Bank of England to grant his request. After a number of months, he was the invited to London to pick up the notes, which were reportedly already shredded upon pick up.
"Eleanor Rigby" took six months to make and was completed in Aug. 2013. The Museum of Liverpool has agreed to showcase the piece in their atrium until Jan. 2015.
Check out images of the statue at the Liverpool Echo's site.
