Student's art to be displayed at Louvre Museum

Sam McCracken's final year university project will be displayed at the Louvre Museum and New York's Times Square

A student from Wolverhampton is set to have his artwork displayed at popular sites across the world.

Sam McCracken's project GLORYBOX XL will be showcased in New York's Times Square and the Louvre Museum in Paris.

The work of the 33-year-old, who attends the University of Wolverhampton, caught the eye of The Holy Art gallery and will be included in its exhibitions.

Designed as part of his degree, the project was inspired by queer cruising culture, consensual non-monogamy, polari language and public sex spaces, the artist said.

Mr McCracken's art work is being broadcast across advertisement screens in New York’s Times Square by The Holy Art from Friday until Sunday.

The Louvre will then showcase GLORYBOX XL from 5 to 7 April - the first time his work has ever been displayed in a gallery setting.

He said: “When I heard the news, I sat in my room and I just wept for hours.

“My work celebrates the historical presence of the spaces, the moves into sexual suggestion of modern-day, and discreetly highlighting the world's need for censorship.”

It can also be viewed in Wolverhampton's School of Art in June.