Tyne and Wear HER(11122): Tynemouth, Metro Station, 'Mask' - Details
11122
N Tyneside
Tynemouth, Metro Station, 'Mask'
Tynemouth
NZ36NE
Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces
Street Furniture
Sculpture
Modern
C20
Structure
A lime-wood mask, 1.3m high x 50cm wide set on a steel support. 1995 by David Gross. Commissioned by Nexus. The mask has a "fierce" expression reminiscent of an actor's mask of tragedy or perhaps to masks of the South Seas. Carved with the help of pupils from Norham Community High School.
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Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 209-10;The Journal, Newcastle, 22 August 1995