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Antony Gormley's Angel of the North.

By Alex in Arts & Crafts, Pictures, Travel & Places on Apr 8, 2006 at 1:56 pm


Antony Gormley built this 208 ton, 20 meters or five-story tall steel structure with a wingspan of 54 meters called the Angel of the North in Gateshead, United Kingdom.

About the sculpture, from the website:

  • It is made of weather resistant steel, containing copper, which forms a patina on the surface that mellows with age
  • Below the structure are massive concrete piles 22 metres deep anchoring it to the solid rock beneath
  • The body is hollow to allow for internal inspections with an access door high up on a shoulder blade
  • It is built to last for more than 100 years and withstand winds of more than 100 miles per hour

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  1. Needcoffee.com
    Apr 8th, 2006 at 9:53 pm

    Just Call it Angel of the Northlands, Angel

    After the apocalypse, this is begging to have a cult built around it.
    It could be a foil to the Britney Spears birthing cult. They could have fights and stuff. That would be cool to watch on...oh wait, all of us will be dead. Or enslaved by an...

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