A set of giant figures inspired by a disabled artist’s childhood and memories of the Lancashire seaside have sprung up across a resort.
The larger-than-life exhibition is the work of acclaimed artist Jason Wilsher-Mills MBE, who said the sculptures explore his childhood when he was diagnosed with an autoimmune condition, triggered by contracting chickenpox at 11.
They include colourful inflatable germs, a giant figure lying in a hospital bed watching TV surrounded by oversized plastic toy soldiers as well as Blackpool Rock, a 10ft (3m) sculpture outside the gallery.
The Wakefield-born artist said the exhibition is “about mixing together my memories of hospital” and the Lancashire seaside.