A sculpture of The Beatles’ song character Eleanor Rigby, made from £1m of used bank notes, is currently being exhibited at the Museum of Liverpool until January 2015.

Liverpool-born sculptor Leonard J Brown explained that the motivation behind the sculpture is “to show people that money isn’t the only way to make you happy”. He continued: “The sculpture serves to show people that money isn’t the only way to make you happy 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 the bags that they carry.”

Apparently his inspiration was observing an old lady carrying a large number of bags in Hull, where he now lives. The sculpture took six months to complete once the artist had successfully negotiated with the Bank of England to acquire the used bank notes. He received the bank notes in the form of shredded pellets, £300,000 of which he used to fill the sculpture’s chest cavity, while the remainder were mashed and moulded to a steel frame.

Along with Eleanor Rigby, which other Beatles songs would inspire art? Here are five other suggestions for Beatles Songs which could inspire art, whether sculpture or painting –

1) Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

2) I am the Walrus

3) Octopus’ Garden

4) Yellow Submarine

5) Strawberry Fields Forever

Which songs would you suggest? Let us know in the Reply Box below.

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