North Shields, Royal Quays, 'Tyne Anew'

HER Number:
11182

District:
N Tyneside

Site Name:
North Shields, Royal Quays, 'Tyne Anew'

Place:
North Shields

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:
1999 by Mark Di Suvero. A bright orange-red steel sculpture 21m high. Three legs form a tripod, with two beams in a 'V' shape and a figure-of-eight section on top, which moves in the wind. Known as 'the tripod of the north'. Resembles a shipyard crane with a compass point on top. It was the first commission in the UK for the New York based artist.

Easting:
3542

Northing:
6694

Grid Reference:
NZ35426694

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 162-3; T. Osterwold, 1988, Mark Di Suvero exhibition catalogue, Stuttgart; The Journal 30 July 1999; North Shields News Guardian 17 June 1999; North Tyneside Arts Press Release, July 1999; Independent on Sunday 1 August 1999; Independent 19 June 1999; The Journal 24 June 1999