Kibblesworth, Bowes Railway Path, 'West Wind'

HER Number:
11041

District:
Gateshead

Site Name:
Kibblesworth, Bowes Railway Path, 'West Wind'

Place:
Kibblesworth

Map Sheet:
NZ36NW

Class:
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad:
Street Furniture

Site Type: Specific:
Sculpture

General Period:
Modern

Specific Period:
C20

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
1996 by Laurent Reynes. A sculpture of 20 pairs of steel beams, filled with concrete and with blue ceramic inlay, and set vertically in the ground at different angles. The piece was commissioned as part of Gateshead's 'Four Seasons' programme for the 1996 Year of Visual Arts UK. It was inspired by the artist's visit to the site on a windy day. Commissioned by Gateshead MBC.

Easting:
237

Northing:
563

Grid Reference:
NZ237563

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 80-81