Hsiao-Chi Tsai and Kimiya Yoshikawa’s colourful guardian lion wows judges at the prestigious Marsh Award for Excellence In Public Sculpture 2009.

On Monday 16 November, the pair shared a podium with renowned sculptors Sarah Lucas and Jaume Plensa at the Marsh Award for Public Sculpture 2009, where they received the joint runner-up award for their bold and eye-catching sculpture The Lion.

Tsai & Yoshikawa received their award certificates from Mr Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, at the Whitechapel Gallery, London.

The Marsh Award, which is now in its fifth year, is presented annually to the UK’s best newly commissioned or restored public sculpture and is run in partnership with the Public Monuments & Sculpture Association (PMSA).

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