Angel of the North

Antony Gormley (born 1950) is an English sculptor, best known as the creator of Angel of the North, a public sculpture in Gateshead. By David Wyatt. ... By David Wyatt. ... Angel of the North The Angel of the North is a piece of modern sculpture by Anthony Gormley, which after several attempts to locate it elsewhere was erected in Gateshead, England (, ). As the name suggests, it is a steel sculpture of an angel, standing 20 metres tall, with wings 54... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location (dark green) within the United Kingdom (light green), with the Republic of Ireland (blue) to its west Languages English Capital London Largest city London Area – Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population –mid-2004... An Italian Futurist sculpture by Umberto Boccioni at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City (MoMA). ... Angel of the North The Angel of the North is a piece of modern sculpture by Anthony Gormley, which after several attempts to locate it elsewhere was erected in Gateshead, England (, ). As the name suggests, it is a steel sculpture of an angel, standing 20 metres tall, with wings 54... The term public art properly refers to works of art in any media that has been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited or staged in the public domain, usually outside and accessable to all. ... Map sources for Gateshead at grid reference NZ2460 Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear in north-east England on the south side of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne which covers the North Bank. ...

Gormley studied at Ampleforth College. He also studied at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1968 to 1971 before going to India and Sri Lanka to study Buddhism from 1971 to 1974. From 1974 onwards, he attended various colleges in London, completing his studies with a postgraduate course in sculpture at the Slade School of Art, University College London between 1977 and 1979. His career was given early support by Nicholas Serota who gave him a solo exhibition at the Whitechapel Art Gallery. Ampleforth College in North Yorkshire is the largest private Catholic boarding school in the UK, and it is sometimes referred to as the Catholic Eton, a moniker also attached at different times to Beaumont (no longer open) and Stonyhurst College (both Jesuit schools) and which was Cardinal Newmans aim... Full name The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity Motto Virtus vera nobilitas Virtue is true Nobility Named after The Holy Trinity Previous names Kings Hall and Michaelhouse (until merged in 1546) Established 1546 Sister College(s) Christ Church Master The Lord Rees of Ludlow Location Trinity Street... Buddhism is a religion, philosophy, and arguably a psychology, focusing on the teachings of the Buddha Śākyamuni (Siddhārtha Gautama). ... London is the capital city of England and of the United Kingdom, and is the most populous city in the European Union. ... Part of the University College London, the Slade School of Art was founded in 1868 as the result of an endowment by Felix Slade. ... University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ... Nicholas Serota Sir Nicholas Serota (born 1946) is a curator, and is currently Director of the Tate Gallery, the United Kingdoms national gallery of modern and British art. ... The Whitechapel Gallery, founded 1901, was one of the first publicly-funded galleries for temporary exhibitions in London. ...

Almost all of his work takes the human body as its subject, with his own body used in many works as the basis for metal casts. Hot metal work from a blacksmith Look up Metal in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... One half of a bronze mold for casting a socketed spear head dated to the period 1400-1000 BC. This article is about the manufacturing process; for other uses, see Casting (disambiguation). ...

Gormley's work is, in the words of the artist, "an attempt to materialise the place at the other side of appearance where we all live" many of his works are based on moulds taken from his own body " the closest experience of matter that I will ever have and the only part of the material world that I live inside" His work attempts to treat the body not as a thing but a place and in making works that enclose the space of a particular body to identify a condition common to all human beings. The work is not symbolic but indexical - a trace of a real event of a real body in time.

Gormley won the Turner Prize in 1994 with Field for the British Isles. He is currently a trustee of the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. The Turner Prize is an annual prize given to a British visual artist under 50, named after the painter J.M.W. Turner. ... Field (1991) is a sculpture by British artist Anthony Gormley. ... The BALTIC Centre as viewed from the Millennium Bridge The BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art is an arts centre located on the South Bank of the River Tyne close to the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, in Gateshead in the north-east of England. ...

Major works

A figure from Another Place on Crosby Beach near Liverpool.

Iron : Man, in Victoria Square, Birmingham.

Gormley's website lists over 500 works (the last from 2005). The most notable include: Image File history File links Download high resolution version (702x1054, 134 KB) One of the many life-sized cast iron figures of w:Antony Gormleys installation Another Place on Crosby Beach, near Liverpool in England. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (702x1054, 134 KB) One of the many life-sized cast iron figures of w:Antony Gormleys installation Another Place on Crosby Beach, near Liverpool in England. ... Another Place (2005). ... Crosby Beach is part of the Merseyside coastline, north of Liverpool in the Borough of Sefton. ... Liverpool waterfront by night, as seen from the Wirral. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1512x2016, 1697 KB) Iron : Man. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1512x2016, 1697 KB) Iron : Man. ... A view of Victoria Square Iron : Man, an Antony Gormley statue in the square Victoria Square is an important public square in Birmingham, England. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ...

• Field (and subsequent recreations).
• Sound II (1986) in the crypt of Winchester Cathedral.
• Iron: Man (1993) Victoria Square, Birmingham.
• Another Place (1997) currently at Crosby Beach near Liverpool.
• Quantum Cloud (1999) Greenwich, UK.
• Angel of the North (1998)

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Proposals not taken forward

• The Brick Man, a proposal for the Holbeck Triangle, a disused patch of land bounded by three railway embankments just outside Leeds City station, was to be a circa 20 metre high representation of the human male form, made in brickwork. The proposal, circa 1980, was not favoured by the city, which refused planning permission.

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External links

• Official home page
• An interview with Gormley by Edward Lucie Smith in RealMedia format
• An interview conducted by F. David Peat
• Gateshead Council's Angel of the North page
• Gormley's page at the Tate Gallery
• Gormley at Sculpture.org.uk
• 'Antony Gormley: the abortive rebirth of the slaves'
• The Brick Man at Leeds City Art Gallery.