Campaigners behind Garston's bid to become a Cultural Village hope to rehome one of the City's most iconic pieces of contemporary art. Cultural village Campaigners, including artist Alex Corina, are calling for the Super Lamb Banana to be rehomed in Garston. The well-known bright yellow sculpture is looking for a new home. It currently sits in front of the Joseph P Lamb warehouse in Wapping where it has become a prominent feature on the City's waterfront. But the area is soon to be redeveloped, leaving the Super Lamb Banana homeless.
But artist Alex, who is best known for the Mona Lennon, which became a main feature for the Capital of Culture bid, believes there is no better home than Garston. He told the Merseymart: "The Super Lamb Banana has become an icon representing Liverpool's heritage of exporting Lambs and importing bananas that combines both with humour.
"The other link is that for years, Garston docks was the route for exporting lambs and importing bananas."
"And, if that was not enough, the sculpture was even created right here in Garston at the old Bryant and May Factory".
"You either love it or hate it, but there is no denying the Super Lamb Banana is one of the most controversial and well-known artworks in Liverpool. It would be a boost to the Cultural Village Campaign and to the community of Garston as a whole to get and bring the lamb banana home".
Regional Director of public health in the North West, profesor John Ashton, agrees.
He added: "It's a fantastic idea, Garston would make a perfect home for the Super Lamb Banana. Ship owner Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, the pioneer who imported and popularised the banana as a nutritional source of food for the working classes, was a founder of the school of tropical medicine in 1899 and he also gave his name to the hospital right here in Garston".