Admittedly, this sculpture is novel and whimsical... the bottom portion depicts a large pair of running human legs...with a cubical clock at its top.
The Inews UK website (
visit link) provided more information about the work on 6/26/2017:
"The Clyde Clock: how Glasgow’s famous sculpture ran out of time
Anyone who has been to Glasgow’s Buchanan Bus Station will have spotted the striking Clyde Clock. The cube shaped clock perched on top of a pair of stainless steel legs, 20 feet high – reminds locals to run on time every single day.
Twelve years after its installment, though, the clock suddenly stopped – and it took the power of Glasgow’s people to get things ticking over again.
The origins of the clock
The iconic clock is actually a sculpture know as Running Time, and was created by the late George Wyllie, the Glasgow-born artist.
In 1999, Radio Clyde decided to commission a statue to celebrate 25 years of independent broadcasting, and employed Wyllie to create it.
Ironically, the installation of the sculpture ran late. It was meant to be in place by December 1999, in time for the Millennium.
However, construction work at the nearby Lang’s Hotel meant that the installation was postponed until the New Year.
The clock was designed to chime only once per day, at 8pm – the hour thought to be the perfect meeting time.
George Wyllie the ‘scul?tor’
George Wyllie’s work, both witty and inventive, helps us notice the things around us.
He described himself as a ‘scul?tor’, as he wanted his work to make us question our surroundings.
Wyllie was born in Shettleston, in the east end of Glasgow, on 31 December 1921.
After being educated at Bellahouston Academy and Allan Glen’s School, he became a customs officer and went to live in Gourock.
When he became an artist full-time, he created many distinctive and thought-provoking works of art, including the famous Straw Locomotive."