Nights (and Days) on the Toon (Newcastle) Sculpture
Angel of the North, a missed photo opportunity
There are many pieces of interesting sculpture around Newcastle. Antony Gormley’s ‘Angel of the North’ (completed 1998) welcomes you, standing tall on the A1 and the A157 road Gateshead. Unfortunately for us we were on the wrong side coming, and the road was diverted away from the sculpture coming back ggggrrr! We would have liked to have gone up to it for a closer look, and some good pictures! (like this one).
angel_of_the_north
Each city usually has one or two statues of Queen Victoria (and usually in black), This one by Alfred Gilbert, unveiled in 1993, Newcastle is no exception. image from here
Victoria satue newcastle
We came across these three statues called ‘Man with Potential Selves’ by Sean Henry;-
There are 3 of these, but the second one isn’t a very good pic.
The one we couldn’t quite manage to snap, is from THIS site
man with potential selves
man with potential selves
On the Quayside are these statues: One is called ‘Siren’ ( a vague reference to the sea), but I can’t find out what the other is called. (N.B. It’s called River God)
siren
The sculpture looks like it pays reference to the slave trade. But it is unusual because it is just the torso.
quayside sculpture 'River God'
More Newcastle trip posts;
St Nicholas Gothic Cathedral
Out and about
Bessie Surtees House
More HERE
siren
quayside sculpture 'River God'
September 13, 2009 at 7:16 pm
This blog rocks! I gotta say, that I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your blog. Thanks,
A definite great read…
-Bill-Bartmann
September 13, 2009 at 8:52 pm
Thanks Bill! Keep on reading!
September 14, 2009 at 1:31 pm
[...] Read another of my posts about Gormley and his sculpture HERE [...]
October 9, 2009 at 12:20 am
I don’t know If I said it already but …Excellent site, keep up the good work. I read a lot of blogs on a daily basis and for the most part, people lack substance but, I just wanted to make a quick comment to say I’m glad I found your blog. Thanks,
A definite great read….
October 9, 2009 at 9:52 am
Thanks BloggerDude! Hope you keep reading!
Kind Regards
Lynda
December 14, 2009 at 10:20 am
hello I am doing a level 3 game design course and I was wondering if you could give me some infomation on the second Angel Of the North picture. I would like to know where you got it from and if it is copyrighted.
December 14, 2009 at 3:42 pm
Hi Sam I got the image from here life4seekers.co.uk which I think got it from freefoto.com. Thanks for pointing this out, I’ve cited it now
Regards
February 24, 2010 at 2:52 pm
My name is Emily Smith from St.Wilfrids RC Collage.
I would like your permission to use a picture from your website for my ICT GCSE project.
February 24, 2010 at 3:07 pm
Hi Emily, I have tried to trace the source of the Angel pics – but the information is secondhand. The source of the Victoria staue has a link to it. The rest of the statue pics are mine and you are welcome to use them. Good luck in your project!
March 23, 2010 at 8:29 am
I have some good pics of the Angel of the North (I’m an amateur photographer) so if you need to use them let me know.
Thanks
Carl
March 23, 2010 at 1:10 pm
Thanks Carl! Unfortunately we missed the turn off to take pictures, then did the same thing on the way back! It’s always a problem knowing who the original photos belong to as different sites pick them up, I do try to credit when I can, so thanks for your kind offer. Also it drew my attention to the formatting which had gone haywire on this post (fixed) – another problem with the older posts. I hope that won’t put you off visiting though lol! it’s very much appreciated