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Amy Winehouse Camden statue: Plan to be considered | Amy Winehouse Camden statue: Plan to be considered |
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Plans have been submitted for a life-sized statue of Amy Winehouse to be placed in Camden, north-west London. | |
The proposal for a bronze memorial statue of the singer, who died in July 2011 aged 27, will be considered by Camden Council before 16 May. | The proposal for a bronze memorial statue of the singer, who died in July 2011 aged 27, will be considered by Camden Council before 16 May. |
The Scott Eaton design would be on the first floor terrace of the Roundhouse, overlooking Chalk Farm Road. | The Scott Eaton design would be on the first floor terrace of the Roundhouse, overlooking Chalk Farm Road. |
It would coincide with a disc for the singer being laid in a new Music Walk of Fame in Camden Town. | It would coincide with a disc for the singer being laid in a new Music Walk of Fame in Camden Town. |
This September would have been her 30th birthday. | This September would have been her 30th birthday. |
Mr Eaton said that the images submitted were of a work-in-progress digital maquette and that a wax version would be made next. | |
He said the digital technique was more commonly used in architecture than for art installations. | |
He added: "Fifty years from now people will remember Amy, and her music will stand the test of time. Hopefully the statue is a tribute to that." | |
Speaking about the statue, Amy's father Mitch Winehouse said: "I think she would have been over the moon. | |
"Long after you and I are gone, Amy will be remembered in a memorial on the streets." | "Long after you and I are gone, Amy will be remembered in a memorial on the streets." |
Amy Winehouse sang Marvin Gaye's I Heard it Through the Grapevine with Paul Weller at the Roundhouse in 2006 as part of the BBC'S Electric Proms. | Amy Winehouse sang Marvin Gaye's I Heard it Through the Grapevine with Paul Weller at the Roundhouse in 2006 as part of the BBC'S Electric Proms. |