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johnnypd

November 3rd, 2009, 07:42 PM

one of the more crazy/stupid examples of Modern 'Art'

Newcastle student's sex show passed off as art

Nov 1 2009 by Coreena Ford, Sunday Sun
Joseph Steele

AN artist filmed two friends having sex in a North university as part of an explicit exhibition, the Sunday Sun can reveal.

Former fine art student Joseph Steele has been raising eyebrows with his graphic flick, which forms part of a show running at the Hangar 51 gallery in Ouseburn, Newcastle.

And we can reveal that the full-blown porn film was shot in one of Newcastle University’s buildings earlier this year, on the day Joseph and other 2009 graduates learned their degree results.

The 10-minute film left audiences shocked at its preview night last week . . . yet its proud 23-year-old creator insists it is art.

Joseph, of Fenham, Newcastle, said: “I really wanted to shock people by making the film and after the show, people said it did just that.

“It is absolutely art because I put it there and said it was. It was based on the idea that with things like the internet and TV, the only way you feel anything now is through sex and violence.”

The show also features people trashing cars and models posing provocatively.

Joseph told how two friends volunteered to perform their sex act for the work - titled Joseph Steele: That’s Why They Call It Art (Baby) - before the trio hid in a university building as it was closed up for the night.

He said: “While everyone else was out partying, we were still working hard for another two-and-a-half hours.

“It was filmed in my final fine art degree show space earlier this year. I had to hide in the building.

“My two friends, who are partners, volunteered their services and I have to say I socialise with them as friends a lot, so it is strange now having seen them have sex.”

The raunchy film, which includes graphic scenes of sexual intercourse and full frontal nudity, is now being shown at the week-long Easyrider exhibition at the gallery, a show Joseph has staged alongside fellow graduate Tom Whitty.

The pair claim no one raised any objections at the opening night last Thursday - where the crowd were warned it was not suitable for under-18s - and they stress the film is not running constantly, as they try to ensure it will not be seen by young exhibition visitors.

But visitors are able to request that the film be run while they are there.

Joseph, who runs the creative marketing business Get on the Wall, said: “The title is a reference to Andy Warhol who himself put together a controversial erotic film in the 1960s.

“People said the film was erotic and inspirational.”

“The whole idea behind the show was to be high impact, low content. It was bang, bang, bang and supposed to be an all-out attack on the senses.

“You get a lot of exhibitions around Newcastle that are very nice, but nobody seems to really pay much attention to the art.

“And while the North-East has been a great place to experiment, in terms of art it is very by the book. But if you want to see something that is actually different and doesn’t just want to be different, then this exhibition is for you.”

It is not the first time a North artist with links to Newcastle University has given the public an eyeful at an exhibition.

Back in 2004 fine art student Ben Ashton indulged in a sex act in front of an audience in the name of art.

The 20-year-old got into a wooden box and videoed the reactions of his audience as they took turns to peer through a viewing hole at him.

Easyrider runs at Hanger 51, 51 Lime Street, Ouseburn Valley, Newcastle until November 5.

Newcastle University declined to comment.

Chatton11

November 9th, 2009, 04:18 PM

johnnypd

November 9th, 2009, 04:54 PM

the Artworks gallery on stepney bank was brilliant but it closed down suddenly last month. real shame.

the biscuit factory on stoddart street is pretty good actually, but more mainstream/commercial/expensive. a few of the artists who used to display on the bridge in jesmond have space inside it now, selling work for much more than they used to.

Newcastle Historian

November 9th, 2009, 06:35 PM

Anyone know a good place to buy local art? A few years ago I used to enjoy going along to the Armstrong bridge on a weekend, and looking at the artwork there, and I bought a particular piece of King Edwards Bay, Tynemouth for my mum's birthday. It was painted by a woman who had quite a few different paintings of Tynemouth, all very good. Unfortunately I haven't seen her since, and it would be great to have one. The stuff there these days is mostly photos, and jewlerry. The quayside one is ok, but still a lot of photos, and very little actual art. We're looking for a few reasonably priced local paintings to fill the walls up. Anmyone know whick markets/ shops might be worth a look?

Hi Chatton,

I thought I knew of a few, but it has been a while and I cannot find much now. As you say, the 'Artists Bridge' on a Sunday, was always the best place. Sorry to hear it's not so good anymore.

There are a couple of 'links' below, including one to a list of artists at the (mentioned by johnny ) Biscuit Factory.

In our "Websites" thread, there may be some other links, for example The Newcastle Arts Centre is listed there, there may be something there?

Anyway . . .

http://www.thebestof.co.uk/local/newcastle/business-guide/feature/peter-j-rodgers/66992

http://www.jamesalder.co.uk/gallery.php?category=4&medium=any&hidesearch=yes&showsold=no&gclid=COfs4rW2_p0CFRaX2Aod-V9WqQ

http://www.thebiscuitfactory.com/category/newcastle

Newcastle Historian

November 14th, 2009, 06:04 PM

Newcastle, in Ceramic Art.
No. 2 : Important Historical Events in Newcastle.

The '1929 North East Coast Exhibition' Plate

this is the 1989 reproduction of that plate . . .
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/CeramicArtaboutNewcastle014.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/CeramicArtaboutNewcastle017.jpg

The 1980 'Newcastle 900 Plate'

1980 was a fantastic year for Newcastle books, souvenirs of all sorts, exhibitions, festivals and visitors to the city,
as we celebrated 900 Years of our fantastic City (1080-1980) . . .
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/CeramicArtaboutNewcastle012.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/CeramicArtaboutNewcastle018.jpg

For Part 1 of this series on "Newcastle depicted in Ceramics" see . . .

Post 5 - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=45497075&postcount=5

.

Newcastle Historian

November 15th, 2009, 07:28 AM

Victorian picture predicts future
BBC Newcastle, Monday, 26 October 2009

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/_46611097_painting.jpg
The above painting of Tyneside has been carefully restored

A curious aerial watercolour of Tyneside that astounded Victorian audiences has been re-discovered.

The panorama of Tyneside is puzzling, as it appears to predict the future. The artist, John Storey, painted architecture like St Mary's Cathedral church spire, even though it was another decade before it was built.

BBC Inside Out have been exploring how Hardy managed to get such an aerial view of the city, and how he "predicted" the future.

The painting was discovered in the vaults at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle, and is undergoing an extensive clean.James Caverhill, a picture conservator, cleaned the watercolour, strangely, by giving it a bath.

Click on the video below to see how . . .
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/tyne/hi/people_and_places/history/newsid_8325000/8325758.stm

Chris Jackson from Inside Out followed the story. James put the painting in a water bath to help clean it. He said: "Storey's panorama is an historian's dream, and a vital tool to illustrate Victorian Tyneside.

"The more you learn, the more you want to know."

But what is Chris's theory as to how one man could elevate himself well above ground level, just behind The Sage Gateshead site, without a plane, bridge or crane?

"My idea is he took a balloon flight," said Chris. "They were popular on Tyneside in the mid 19th Century. "But, for Storey to sketch the mere outline of the horizon in such a hurry, would have been nigh impossible.

"Just a slight wind would be enough to shake him about. He must have had a photographic memory and a pinpoint sense of perspective to have created his masterpiece. "Whichever way you look at it, it's quite a remarkable achievement."

The painting is on show at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle until September 2010.

johnnypd

November 16th, 2009, 07:37 PM

did any of you go to see the painting of Newcastle that Sting commissioned when it hung in the Laing about a year ago? It is great, though you really have to see it close up to appreciate the layers of detail in it - pasted photos, dozens and dozens of hand written notes layered into the paint and so on. unfortunately the pic doesnt bring it out as well:

http://stephenhannock-northerncityrenaissance.com/images/index1_03.jpg

A detail -

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v293/throwaway/detail.jpg

Article about the painting -

Stephen Hannock Paints a Masterpiece for Sting
Taking Art Not Coal to Newcastle
By Charles Giuliano - 2008-11-02

After four years of research, development, design and execution, Friday, October 17 was finally "varnishing day." It was also the last chance to view the 8 x 12' painting "Northern City Renaissance: Newcastle, England (Mass MoCA #79-E)" by Stephen Hannock. It was laid out flat in the artist's North Adams studio. So Astrid and I returned on Saturday to catch another look. It was being professionally photographed as the final image for a new book.

On Sunday, as Stephen explained, the stretcher would be folded in two and the painting would be placed in a crate and then into a second crate. By now it has cleared Customs and is on its way to Newcastle upon Tyne where it will debut soon and remain on view for an extended period of time.The painting will be on view at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle from November 1 through February, 2009. Link to Sting's site on Hannock project

The enormous painting, a bird's eye view of the industrial city in Northern England, was a commission from the musician Sting (Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) who was born in Tyneside on October 2, 1951. Hannock and Sting became friends some 25 years ago when he first started to acquire the artist's paintings starting with one of his phosphorescent early works. "Sting and Trudy have the most diverse collection of my work." Hannock said.

Once the painting is shown in Newcastle it is unclear what will occur after that. Originally, there were plans to show it briefly at Mass MoCA before it left for England. But there was not enough time before the deadline for that to happen. It may yet be shown at the Tate. Discussion has involved it being given to a major museum or Sting may keep it. Whatever happens Hannock hopes that it will be widely seen and included in any future, museum level retrospective. There are museums looking for major works by the artist. While the studio is productive, clearly, with four years of development, work on this level is scarce and coveted.

After such an intensive process we asked how he felt? Was there a sense of letdown and post project blues? Perhaps it is too early to say but it will not be any time soon that we see such a large canvas in the studio. There are a couple of others on this scale including a view of the "Oxbow" in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Met also owns the version of the "Oxbow" by the 19th century Hudson River painter, Thomas Cole. Hannock was inspired to paint the Oxbow because of a long time residence in Northampton when he was an apprentice/ student for Leonard Baskin. Stephen explained that because of the technical process of how he works this is about the limit of a stretched canvas. For such a large work there has to be an inspiring subject.

It is not a stretch to say that the view of Newcastle is on the short list of his most important and original works. Arguably, it is his masterpiece. It has set the bar high for the future but, at midcareer, Hannock has lots of fire in his belly. It is ironic that this important painting will be, at least for now, remote from the mainstream of the art world and its critics. Unless, in the next few months, there are pilgrimages to Newcastle. Which may be what Sting had in mind in promoting the cultural Renaissance of a city which was known primarily as a tough town for mining and ship building. Now that industry has long ago shut down, just like North Adams here in the Northern Berkshires, Newcastle is being reborn as a center for art and culture. In the center of Hannock's painting, at the edge of the Tyne River which runs through the city, is a rendering of the Sage Gateshead, a dramatic cultural center designed by Lord Norman Foster.

Just about a year ago I visited Hannock's studio on assignment for Art New England. He was finishing a version of the Oxbow in time for the dedication of the expansion of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art. In the studio at the time was a large landscape commissioned for Sundance Institute in Utah. In addition to a short magazine piece I wrote a longer version for Berkshire Fine Arts. This initiated a discussion to document the progress of work on the Newcastle project. Prior BFA article on Hannock

There were studio meetings at intervals lasting on average one to three hours. These were recorded by the video artist, David Lachman, Stephen's assistant. The exchanges were far reaching about the process and sources for the work. It helped to understand how Hannock does not just create an image of a scene. More than a landscape, in the traditional sense, he develops portraits of what is depicted. The paintings are layered with collages of related images fixed to the surface. These are then painted over and sanded down, with a building up of layers of pigment. He also writes stories and thoughts onto the surface. From a distance little of this is visible as the details converge into a total view of the subject. Describing the text he commented that it is applied "free hand like a brush stroke."

As we approach his paintings we observe, discover, and become involved with the rich and dense layering. But there is no commitment to preserving the integrity of any single element. It must merge and come together as a painting. The whole prevails over the sum of the parts.

It was a long and intense process to get there; to reach "Varnishing Day" when the work finally gets pushed out the door and into the world. This project started four years ago when Hannock hired a helicopter to fly over the city where he was able to create a series of photographs. With a bit of humor Stephen pointed to a sign for the helicopter service which remains quite visible. "He gave me a break on the price so I wanted to give him a plug" Hannock said. It is typical of his generosity. He also showed me a number of "Prizes" and "Awards" created for charities. Currently there is a study for "Newcastle" included in an auction to benefit Mass MoCA. Another study from the series is in the collection of the Berkshire Museum in Pittsfield which organized an exhibition of the work in progress.

A number of the views of Newcastle were assembled into a collage. This was scanned and printed digitally. Hannock then painted over that. It was rescanned and reprinted which Hannock again over painted. The process was repeated as the artist moved ever closer to what he wanted to put onto the large canvas.

In the process of research he identified the many mines and their locations. The painting represents them allegorically as points of light reaching into the sky. Along the Tyne are larger pools of glowing light representing the major shipyards next to the river. He also discovered that there had been many works created in the 19th century by artists who went down into the mines some of which extended for miles under the ocean. Among the artists of that time was the Newcastle born master, John Martin. Hannock discovered a relative the Pre-Raphaelite artist Alfred William Hunt. Whose most renowned work was a view of the Tynemouth Pier. Hunt was his great, great, great uncle. He pointed out that detail with evident pride in his heritage.

To develop the historic/ narrative aspects of the works the artist conducts his own research. He does not want to be overwhelmed by detail and the use of text is not intended to provide a history of the subject. There is of course a lot to show and tell about Newcastle. The city still entails elements of Hadrian's Wall built by the Romans to hold back migrations from the North. In later times New Castle (named for its fortifications) held back the Scots until they were subdued. The Stone of Scone of Scotland became symbolically included into the Coronation Chair in Westminster Abbey. It signifies that the monarch rules over the United Kingdom. The Stone was a prize of war caputered by Edward I in 1296.

Over the course of the studio sessions it was fascinating to speculate how all of these elements would come together. For the most part it seemed that progress was incremental and we wondered how the artist would be able to meet the deadline. In the meantime there were other works and projects going on as well as the artist's personal and social life. There are many demands on his time and attention.

Summer was intensely busy as high season for the arts in the Berkshires. Now and then I would connect with Dave Lachman at an opening and get periodic updates. When I returned to the studio, some months ago, the painting was blocked out as a full scale cartoon on a studio wall. This occurred while the stretcher and canvas were being prepared.

Recently, Dave gave me a head's up that it was almost finished. When I called Stephen's response was "Where have you been stranger?" We agreed that I would call at 11. But he suggested coming later in the afternoon as the varnish needed to dry.

Having followed the progress for the work over the past year I knew what to expect. But the scale, beauty, and mystery of the finished painting was overwhelming. I was astonished at how painterly it proved to be. At a smaller scale in the studies I had wondered how he would handle all the detail and rendering. From a distance it is all there.

At close range the buildings are painted with a loose and fluid brush stroke. Here and there under the final glaze you can see drips of the acrylic paint. Surely the artist could correct these "mistakes" but they are a part of the process. I commented that I had expected something more like a Richard Estes. That evoked a good natured laugh indicating that representation and realism was not what the work is about. In the lower right hand corner, over a dark area, were specks of dust. Like a fly in amber now embedded into the work. Again, with a shrug Hannock responded that, hey, it's a part of the work resulting from sanding down the surface which creates dust. You had to wonder, in some future "restoration" whether this "flaw" will be removed when the painting is revarnished. Like the scrubbing off of subtle glazes from a sublime Titian, or destroying the a secco overpainting by Michelangelo under the grime removed during the "cleaning" of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling.

Over time strange things happen to works of art. Turner's "Rockets and Blue Lights" in the Clark Art Institute which was "cleaned" a couple of years ago just doesn't feel right despite the careful study and science that went into it. The "cleaned" condition of Sargent's "Daughters of Edward D. Boit" in the MFA is not the painting I grew up with. Now that the girls are out of the shadow they are entirely different for a viewer. They have lost their former mystery and romance.

It surprised me that Hannock's "Newcastle" is somber and dark. The time of day appears to be near dawn. The subdued light level fuses the elements and makes more evocative those beacons of light signifying the spirit of the generations, if not centuries, of those who scratched a living from the bowels of the earth. To the left and right in the corners of the painting are symbolic figures of miners derived from those historic paintings. I asked Stephen about the cloud that envelops the top of the painting. "That's a fog bank rolling in" he replied. It is a familiar phenomenon in Newcastle and perhaps the ultimate metaphor for how a city and its history have been shrouded by time and tradition. It reminds me of Corregio's sensual "Jupiter and Io."

I regret not having more time to absorb the finished work. Like the "Garden of Earthly Delights" by Bosch in the Prado one could spend hours and days in front of this brand new masterpiece. Thanks Sting for having the passion and vision to make this possible.

website - http://stephenhannock-northerncityrenaissance.com/

johnnypd

November 16th, 2009, 07:43 PM

Newcastle Historian

November 30th, 2009, 06:14 PM

Well, it's 'Newcastle' and it is 'art' . . . so here it is, from todays Chronicle . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/NewcastleArtHeroes301109.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/NewcastleArtHeroes301109001.jpg

hollow man

December 1st, 2009, 12:48 AM

^^ Thats the kind of thing I want painted on the ES wall on the corner of Blackett st.

Brilliant.

nadj

December 1st, 2009, 09:13 PM

I like the concept, but surely Newcastle has created greater icons than a bunch of footballers, a tart and Ant & Dec??

johnnypd

December 1st, 2009, 09:14 PM

I like the concept, but surely Newcastle has created greater icons than a bunch of footballers, a tart and Ant & Dec??

i was thinking the same, pretty sad bunch of 'icons'!

hollow man

December 1st, 2009, 09:21 PM

i was thinking the same, pretty sad bunch of 'icons'!

Thats the kind of thing I said!

Could have all the great people like Stephenson, Swan etc etc.

johnnypd

December 1st, 2009, 09:24 PM

Thats the kind of thing I said!

Could have all the great people like Stephenson, Swan etc etc.

those are two of the names i was thinking of as well, along with Armstrong.

Newcastle Historian

December 1st, 2009, 10:23 PM

This is interesting stuff . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/MoreNewcastleArt.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/MoreNewcastleArt001.jpg

hollow man

December 1st, 2009, 10:32 PM

^^ I love those paintings, Ive seen loads of them in various pubs in Newcastle.

johnnypd

December 1st, 2009, 10:33 PM

he has done a range of birthday/christmas cards in the past i think, i got one a couple of years ago showing the strawberry and the gallowgate end of SJP.

Geordie Ahmed

December 1st, 2009, 10:58 PM

I remember reading that in the Chronicle - i think his paintings are brilliant.

hollow man

December 1st, 2009, 11:40 PM

I particularly love the one he painted of outside the Strawberry at night with a match on. Brilliant.

johnnypd

December 2nd, 2009, 12:07 AM

I particularly love the one one he painted of outside the Strawberry at night with a match on. Brilliant.

do you have a pic of that? i think that is the one i have seen, but i cant find it online.

hollow man

December 2nd, 2009, 12:20 AM

do you have a pic of that? i think that is the one i have seen, but i cant find it online.

No I dont unfortunately. I think they actually have it hanging up in the Strawberry pub somewhere. Thats where I saw it.

johnnypd

December 2nd, 2009, 12:24 AM

sure the one i saw looked a bit different, but basically the same view.
http://www.colliersgallery.co.uk/galleries/coatsworth/night_pic.jpg

hollow man

December 2nd, 2009, 12:28 AM

Yeah its similar to that one only its from the perspective of right outside the back door of the strawberry. Much better colours, the black and white tops the red of the strawberry sign and the light beaming out into the inky black sky.

nadj

December 2nd, 2009, 12:49 AM

Some excelent stuff on this thread - particularly the Sting-commissioned one.

Been looking for some inspiration for a bit of painting myself, and it's been under my nose all this time! Forgot how impressive Newcastle can look in pictures - there's something about the historical aspects in juxtaposition with the industrial modern that always reminds me why I love living close to a continuously regenerating ancient city, even if the planners do get that juxtaposition wrong so often.

Newcastle Historian

December 3rd, 2009, 12:30 AM

A bit more 'Coatsworth' . . .

http://www.ncjshop.co.uk/acatalog/john-coatsworth-framed-print-large.jpg

http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/inc/img.php/images/uploads/product/original/4293272.jpg/275/275/contain

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/nov2008/3/2/B9585E77-D899-DA3E-38EC4BF1D54B1FE6.jpg

jwmacintyre

December 3rd, 2009, 01:10 PM

Does anyone remember the Playstation 3 launch exhibition at the Baltic back in 2006 by kozyndan called "The battle on the river Tyne"?

http://www.amazing-schools.com/icons/tynecropped.png

http://www.balticmill.com/images/kozyndan/battle_on_the_river_tyne.jpg

I loved how random the panorama was, people riding the Angel as its flying over the Tyne bridge and some Chava sitting on the floor drinking and kissing a sheep, so much for the eye to take in, check it out heres a link to it in full quicktime mode. http://www.kozyndan.com/_qt/tyne.mov

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johnnypd

December 3rd, 2009, 03:15 PM

jwmacintyre

December 3rd, 2009, 03:32 PM

Oops sorry Johnnypd, I only just managed to get round to this thread and didn't look back past one page, still great to see somebody else remembering it, I've been looking for prints of the mentioned panorama but can't find it any where, any ideas?

jwmacintyre

December 3rd, 2009, 03:45 PM

Another great painting located at Laing is The Bard 1817 by John Martin, clearly not a Newcastle created or based portrait but very cool all the same, now If only I could get my hands on some money and a big enough mantel-piece it would look great just above it.

http://www.wga.hu/art/m/martin/bard.jpg

johnnypd

December 3rd, 2009, 04:13 PM

love john martin, he has a room for his gigantic paintings in the Tate in London.

He also comes from an 'interesting' family - his brother, the non-conformist jonathan martin, lived much of his life in gateshead insane asylum, and conspired to assasinate the bishop of oxford, and was the arsonist behind the great 1829 fire at York Minster which partially destroyed the roof. It took John to step in during trial to prevent him being hanged.

While his other brother William Martin is the patent holder for the perpetual motion machine :lol:, and also claimed that Stephenson and Davy stole his design for the miner's safety lamp. This is what wikipedia says about him - Martin was a familiar figure in and around Newcastle: J. B. Langhorne described him as ‘a stout, portly man, perfectly cracked but harmless. He used to strut about wearing the Society of Arts medal round his neck’ :nuts:

Newcastle Historian

December 3rd, 2009, 09:37 PM

. . and look WHO was in today's Journal (3rd December 2009) in a 'Journal Christmas Gifts' Advert!

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Coatworth3rdDec2009.jpg

hollow man

December 3rd, 2009, 10:31 PM

Haha Historian, I saw that too, and immediately thought about your post last night! :lol:

Newcastle Historian

December 5th, 2009, 02:37 PM

Alan Mould, Wildlife Artist, Rowlands Gill.
Article in 'The Journal' of 5th December 2009 . . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/AlanMouldArtist041209.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/AlanMouldArtist04121.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/AlanMouldArtist04122.jpg

Newcastle Historian

December 9th, 2009, 11:32 PM

The "Perceptual Map" of Newcastle City Centre.
I have always liked the 'Perceptual Map'. This was drawn in 1977, has it been updated at all since then?

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/PerceptualMap1977version001.jpg

Newcastle Historian

December 12th, 2009, 12:57 PM

If anyone has a copy of a 'later version' I would love to see it! (if it exists).

hollow man

December 12th, 2009, 01:08 PM

Nice map! Shame im on my phone and cant make anything out lol!!

Newcastle Historian

December 21st, 2009, 04:14 PM

Art, at the RVI.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/ArtattheRVI.jpg

Newcastle Historian

December 22nd, 2009, 11:38 AM

Two excellent Exhibitions that were on at the Laing.
I remember enjoying both of these exhibitions (coincidentally, in the same year!) during 1997/1998. Anyone else see them?

"The Making of Newcastle"
18th August 1997 to 11th January 1998.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/MakingofNewcastle.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/MakingofNewcastle001.jpg

"MALING - The Biggest Pottery in the World"
6th September 1997 to 11th January 1998.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/MalingExhibition.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/MalingExhibition001.jpg

Newcastle Historian

December 28th, 2009, 01:11 AM

AngerOfTheNorth

December 28th, 2009, 11:55 AM

Sorry Historian - I can tell you're desperate to see an updated version but this is the first perceptual map of the city that I've seen, from memory.

Newcastle Historian

December 28th, 2009, 12:08 PM

Sorry Historian - I can tell you're desperate to see an updated version but this is the first perceptual map of the city that I've seen, from memory.

I'm sure it has been used/updated again and again and again over the years (I'm sure I've seen it) I just can't seem to find a copy! There have been so many changes to the City Centre buildings since 1977, an updated version would look great!

I know, for example, that the Central Library (or 'City' Library, as it is now called) used to have them and issue them, for a lot of years.

I just hoped someone might have a copy of that one or even from some later use!

johnnypd

December 28th, 2009, 06:26 PM

there is a cool model of the city centre opposite central station, probably my favourite piece of public art:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/215/513631509_ff16ed1845_b.jpg

pretty sure it is lit with red lights at night too

Newcastle Historian

December 29th, 2009, 03:11 PM

Newcastle Historian

December 29th, 2009, 03:17 PM

Sorry Historian - I can tell you're desperate to see an updated version but this is the first perceptual map of the city that I've seen, from memory.

I knew I had one somewhere . .

NO I didn't, I had absolutely no idea at all that I had this one . . I really do need to get my filing system sorted out I think!

Here it is, a very much updated version of the Perceptual Map done 19 years later in 1996 . . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/PerceptualMap1996004.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/PerceptualMap1996.jpg

I would love to see a 2009/2010 version though . . and I know that I definitely DO NOT have one of those!!

hollow man

December 29th, 2009, 08:34 PM

Yes, that is a great piece of art, I like it a lot!

That is supposed to be Newcastle City Centre?!?

I cant make head nor tail of it! :hammer:

Newcastle Historian

December 29th, 2009, 09:20 PM

hollow man

December 30th, 2009, 12:10 AM

^^ I love that!!

gregstone

December 30th, 2009, 09:48 PM

There is a conceptual map from around 2000 produced by the council, and there is quite a nice contemporary "tearoff" version produced by NGI which is in a lot of the tourist info places, hotels etc

hollow man

December 30th, 2009, 10:04 PM

Gregs back!!!!

bigchrisfgb

December 30th, 2009, 10:09 PM

^^I know, nice to see you back mate.

AngerOfTheNorth

December 30th, 2009, 10:26 PM

:okay:

gregstone

December 31st, 2009, 12:46 AM

cheers ;)

Newcastle Historian

December 31st, 2009, 03:01 AM

Exhibition marks 200th anniversary of Collingwood's death
Dec 30 2009 by Linda Richards, Evening Chronicle

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/dec2009/5/1/lord-collingwood-499712452.jpg

An exhibition to mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Newcastle-born Vice Admiral Collingwood will display objects, paintings and extracts from his letters exploring his naval career.

The free exhibition opens on January 23 2010, and runs until June, in Newcastle’s Discovery Museum.

It will include Collingwood’s personal log book from his time aboard the 50 gun ship Portland on a voyage to the West Indies. He is hailed as Tyneside’s saviour of the Battle of Trafalgar and the exhibition will also give an insight into his private life revealing the influence of his lifelong love of Northumberland and the friends and family he left behind.

The Battle of Trafalgar was one of Britain’s most important and celebrated victories with the commander in chief Admiral Lord Nelson the undisputed hero of the hour. But his second-in-command, Collingwood played a vital role, taking over command of the British fleet on Nelson’s death.

Ian Whitehead, keeper of maritime history and the curator of the Collingwood – a Northumbria Abroad, said Collingwood’s role is frequently underestimated because of unfair comparison with his friend Nelson.

“Through this exhibition we hope to shed some light on the life of this talented and loyal North East hero and to explore his connections with family and friends in the region,” he said. Visitors to the exhibition will also be able to see his day and night telescopes and a sword which was given him as a token of surrender at the Battle of Trafalgar.

Born in The Side, in 1748, Collingwood was educated at the city’s Royal Grammar School. He was sent to sea when he was 12 and became vice admiral in 1804. The exhibition commemorates the 200th anniversary of his death at sea on March 7, 1810, and is part of a wider programme of celebrations.

“As well as gaining an insight into Collingwood’s Naval career, which lasted an incredible 48 years, we hope to delve into his regular correspondence with family and friends in the North East for the dry wit with which he kept them amused,” added Mr Whitehead.

Collingwood was buried near Nelson on St Paul’s Cathedral and a monument was erected to him in 1845 at Tynemouth.

Newcastle Historian

December 31st, 2009, 11:38 AM

A Capriccio of the "Seven Tyne Bridges 2003"

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Cappricio.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Cappricio002.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Cappricio001b.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Cappricio001a-1.jpg
^^ I love that!!

Thanks hollow, I can't remember where I got it from and I can't find any record of it, or the artist, anywhere on the net.

But it is one of my favourite artistic interpretations (ever) of "Newcastle Views".

Newcastle Historian

January 29th, 2010, 04:39 PM

This looks an interesting exhibition, particularly to 'film fans' like me . .

Horror fans in for a scream at poster display
Jan 29 2010 by Vicky Robson, Evening Chronicle

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/jan2010/0/8/image-3-for-gallery-gallery-hammer-horror-posters-on-show-643830585.jpg

HORROR fans are in for a treat after these rare film posters went on show in Newcastle.

The gore-filled collection, now on display at The Opus Gallery in Gosforth, features original designs and behind-the-scenes photographs from the history of scary cinema.

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/jan2010/3/1/image-10-for-gallery-gallery-hammer-horror-posters-on-show-835367704.jpg

Posters in the Hammer Horror exhibition come from cult classics including The Curse of Frankenstein, Phantom of the Opera, The Mummy and Dracula. Emma Poole, of Opus Art, said: “Hammer films’ first release was in 1934 - our new exhibition celebrates over 75 years of this much loved British brand.”

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/jan2010/1/3/image-6-for-gallery-gallery-hammer-horror-posters-on-show-328823445.jpg

The exhibition also includes prints from films like Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter and The Quatermass Experiment, which are available to buy. Official Hammer merchandise will also be on sale at the exhibition.

The horror spectacular is in gallery one, while works by some of the UK’s emerging and established artists will be shown at the gallery two, in West Avenue, Gosforth, until February 21.

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/jan2010/7/2/image-7-for-gallery-gallery-hammer-horror-posters-on-show-99198663.jpg

Admission is free. For more information contact the gallery on 0191 213 0295.

Newcastle Historian

February 4th, 2010, 01:42 PM

Well, it is "Art" !!!! Quite tasty Art, if you ask me!

Iconic Newcastle Gateshead buildings to be created in cake
Feb 4 2010 by Kerry Wood, The Journal

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/feb2010/3/6/dfdf-629944594.jpg

IT’S the initiative that is just made to be scoffed at – in fact its organisers will welcome some scoffing.

The Tyneside skyline is to be immortalised in patisserie this summer when 100 of Newcastle and Gateshead’s most iconic buildings are re-created out of cake.

Whether it’s a Battenburg Tyne Bridge or a Baltic macaroon, amateur chefs will get the chance to bid to bake the building of their choice before the entire edible townscape is brought together for a giant picnic.

The project is part of the popular Eat! festival, which returns to Tyneside in June. A panel of 10 judges have selected the 100 buildings and structures, which are due to be auctioned off to the highest bidder.

The project has been welcomed by Clare Stewart, who runs the Chocolatey Clare’s wedding cake company in Washington with her sister Catherine Hinchly.

In the past they have had orders to make a cake of the Alnwick tree house and a replica of the grand cascade water feature at the Alnwick Garden.

She said: “This cake city sounds like a great idea and it would be good to get involved. We’d love to have a go at creating a stadium cake or trying to make the Tyne Bridge.”

Once the bidders have been chosen they’ll have access to an online Cakebook community where they can trade cooking tips, blog their baking progress and download sugar-craft videos.

Closer to the June 20 deadline, the 100 cooks will be given location of a secret flash mob picnic where the cake city will be created – and then scoffed.

Kate Percival is from Northern Architecture, the body which put together the original list of buildings. She said: “We pulled together a long list of possible buildings and sent them to 10 experts in the region asking for their views.

“Their reasons for picking the ones they did differed greatly. Some weren’t necessarily the prettiest buildings but were a good example of how without them the city’s infrastructure would not work. The Gateshead interchange is a rather ugly place but it is essential for Gateshead. It was not always about good design.”

Bids at the building auction, expected to take place in the next couple of months, will start at 99p.

A spokesman for NewcastleGateshead Initiative, which is organising the Eat! event, said: “The cake city is a fantastic event which uses social networking as a means for people to get involved in a project wherever they are based.”

The Eat! NewcastleGateshead festival will be held from June 12 to June 27 and will showcase best of local produce and culinary talent.

Anyone wanting to become a part of Cakebook email baker@cakebook.org

Newcastle Historian

February 13th, 2010, 11:12 AM

An occasional series on Newcastle Artists from the past to the present day.
No. 1 - George Balmer (1805 - 1846)

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/GeorgeBalmera.jpg

One of his paintings . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/GeorgeBalmer1805to1846006.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/GeorgeBalmerb.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/GeorgeBalmerc.jpg

Newcastle Historian

February 20th, 2010, 11:09 AM

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Do you remember the colourful "Newcastle Capriccio" at Post 55?

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=49221775&postcount=55

Well, here is another,

Newcastle Capriccio . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Cappricio-1.jpg

. . . and here is a newspaper article about the above . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Cappricio002-1.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Cappricio001.jpg

Newcastle Historian

February 24th, 2010, 11:56 AM

An occasional series on Newcastle Artists from the past to the present day.
No. 2 - John Wilson Carmichael (1799 - 1868)

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/JohnWilsonCarmichaelB.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/JohnWilsonCarmichaelA.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/JohnWilsonCarmichaelC.jpghttp://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/JohnWilsonCarmichaelD.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/JohnWilsonCarmichael001a.jpg
Barge-Day Morning 1828.
An unusual view, looking
across to Gateshead, which
was possibly inspired by the
Thomas Miles Richardson (Snr)
painting of the Quayside in
1823.
The barges in the foreground
are drawn up beside the
Newcastle Mansion House*
for the annual Ascension Day
procession.

N B - Just for 'information' . . .

*See 'Posts 363, 367 & 368' (LINKS below) from johnnypd on the "Test your Newcastle General Knowledge" thread, about the location of the former Newcastle Mansion House mentioned in the above description of this painting. The current one is in Jesmond.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=50317147&postcount=363
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=50331725&postcount=367
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=50339381&postcount=368

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/FormerMansionHouseontheClose1.jpg

Newcastle Historian

February 26th, 2010, 09:45 AM

I think this is appropriate to this thread . .

Work set to start on ‘Goddess of North’
Feb 26 2010 by David Black, The Journal

WORK is due to start within weeks on creating an iconic earth sculpture which could attract up to 200,000 visitors a year to a North East opencast mining site.

Northumberlandia – a 410 metre-long landform in the shape of a naked, reclining female – will be built from huge quantities of soil and clay excavated from the Shotton mine near Cramlington, Northumberland.

Measuring 34 metres at its highest point, and surrounded by ponds and a specially-created public park, the £2.5m work of public art will eventually become the region’s latest tourist attraction.

Next week county councillors are expected to grant final planning approval to site operator the Banks Group for the construction of Northumberlandia, which was designed by renowned American landform architect and artist Charles Jencks.

Soil stripping work is set to start this spring with the sculpture completed in 12 months.

Consultants acting for the Banks Group at the inquiry claimed Northumberlandia will attract about 200,000 visitors a year and produce a significant boost for the local economy.

Dubbed the Goddess of the North, the artwork will be shaped from 1.5 million tonnes of soil and clay and will form the centrepiece of a 75-acre public park.

Its final design was revealed last summer by Mr Jencks, who worked with Banks Developments and landowner the Blagdon Estate on the flagship project. He has said he hopes the finished landform will ‘astonish and delight’ people, while not offending them.

Footpaths will be created across the 12-acre landform which will allow visitors to stroll around it, and also walk to the top of its highest points.

Yesterday Tony Ives, a leading member of the protest group Scram which was set up to oppose the Shotton mine, said: “The local perception is that Northumberlandia has been hyped out of all proportion. It will be of no benefit to the local community whatsoever.”

Banks says Northumberlandia will be the world’s biggest sculpted human form in the landscape. Environment and community director, Mark Dowdall, said the dual aim was to create an outstanding artistic landmark and provide high-quality leisure facilities for the local community. A report to next week’s meeting of the county council planning and environment committee says the long-term management of the sculpture and park will be supported by a special endowment fund, to which Banks is contributing £250,000.

Recommending approval of the details, planning officer Frances Wilkinson says county highways officials have withdrawn an earlier objection after concerns over potential traffic problems were addressed.

Newcastle Historian

February 26th, 2010, 04:33 PM

Re ^^^^

. . and this is an 'artists impression' of the proposed Goddess of the North, as designed by sculptor Charles Jencks . . .

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/feb2010/3/4/goddess-of-the-north-751838020.jpg

Newcastle Historian

March 4th, 2010, 03:53 AM

An occasional series on Newcastle Artists from the past to the present day.
No. 3 - John Dobson (1787 - 1865)

It comes as a surprise, sometimes, to learn that our famous Newcastle Architect, was also a skilled watercolour painter . . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/JohnDobson1787-1865a-1.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/JohnDobson1787-1865001-1.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/JohnDobson1787-1865-1.jpg

NB - The correct dates, from the two versions above, seems to be accepted as being . . '1787 to 1865'.

johnnypd

March 13th, 2010, 06:08 PM

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2754/4429526574_ac124e140f_b.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyproctor/4429525674/

gregstone

March 13th, 2010, 07:42 PM

Newcastle Historian

March 13th, 2010, 07:45 PM

Not entirely sure if it's art but have just been down the Business Park to watch the torches being lit for the Hadrians Wall Illumination... I know it's not strictly speaking the line of the wall but they've chosen to use the Hadrian's Wall Trail instead

Photo taken at the rehearsal . .

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47447000/jpg/_47447468_hadrianswallrehearsal.jpg

Why is it being held on March 13th or "Two Ides"?

It is celebrating "Anna Parenna" - the eve of the Ancient New Year. Anna Parenna is the Roman goddess of the new year. Her festival was celebrated on March 15. This date is the infamous "Ides of March": Click here for a wonderful explanation of "The Ides of March. Apparently Test Cricket was born this day in 1876! The Romans gave various explanations to the origin or her name, amnis perennis ("eternal stream"): she was a river nymph; her name was derived from annis ("year"); she was a moon-goddess of the running year; also, she was equated with Anna, the sister of Dido, who was received in Latium by Aeneas, but drowned herself in a river. In the class-struggle between the patricians and plebeians she chose the side of the plebeians.
The illumination is also celebrating the 400th anniversary of the Romans officially leaving these shores. (And more closer to home - it is also British Tourism Week: 15-23rd March.)

A 'mock up' of what it should look like . .

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Xjw1Yds5LJ8/S5Tlb8KJhLI/AAAAAAAAA_Q/qPSFIx5Htqc/s400/image001%5B1%5D

Newcastle Historian

March 14th, 2010, 12:52 PM

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Sunday Sun, 14th March 2010 . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/HSRRouteOptions001.jpg

apwbATTACK

March 14th, 2010, 04:01 PM

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2754/4429526574_ac124e140f.jpg

I check out this forum all the time but have never contributed until I saw one of you guys linked to my photo.

Anyway fairly appropriate thread for this but I've always felt the Newcastle and Tyne & Wear graffiti scene is really up there with the best in the UK. I have alot of graff photos from the area as well as a flickr group where lots of photographers and writers/artists contribute. Here are the links you guys maybe interested in:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/andyproctor/collections/72157594587025810/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/northeastgraffiti/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/northeaststreetart/

johnnypd

March 14th, 2010, 04:07 PM

Newcastle Historian

March 17th, 2010, 12:11 PM

Newcastle, in Ceramic Art.
No. 3 : "Anniveraries and Events".

Bainbridge Department Store, 150 years from 1838 to 1988.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/CeramicArtaboutNewcastle005.jpg

The Theatre Royal the first 200 years, 1788 to 1988.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/CeramicArtaboutNewcastle010.jpg

Northern Electric (The "Electricity Board" or "NEEB" or whatever you know them as) "Flotation on the Stock Exchange 11th December 1990".

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/CeramicArtaboutNewcastle002.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/CeramicArtaboutNewcastle004.jpg

It is interesting to note, looking at the Theatre Royal plate ("the first 200 years 1788-1988") that we are already (since then) amost a quarter of the way through the "third" one hundred years . . . the 22 years of 1988 to 2010 !!!!!

For Parts 1 and 2 of this series on "Newcastle depicted in Ceramics" see . . .

Part 1 (Post 5) - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=45497075&postcount=5
Part 2 (Post 11) - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=46203451&postcount=11

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Newcastle Historian

April 2nd, 2010, 06:14 PM

An occasional series on Newcastle Artists from the past to the present day.
No. 4 - Henry Perlee Parker (1795 - 1873)

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Parker1.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Parker2.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Parker3.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Parker002.jpg

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Newcastle Historian

April 7th, 2010, 03:52 PM

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/JournalApril7th2010.jpg

Newcastle Historian

April 8th, 2010, 05:22 PM

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Continuing the topic discussed at Posts 71 and 72 . . .

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=52545141&postcount=71
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=52560991&postcount=72

Work begins on 'Goddess of the North' in Northumberland
BBC Newcastle, Thursday 8th April 2010.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47607000/jpg/_47607922_updatednorthumberlandiadesign.jpg
The planned sculpture will be 400m long and 30m high

WORK is to start on a giant sculpture of a naked woman which is to be carved into the Northumberland landscape.

The "Goddess of the North" will be made from 1.5 million tonnes of earth from the Shotton mine, near Cramlington.

It will stand 34 metres - 10 metres higher than the Angel of the North - and will be 400 metres long.

The sculpture, also knows as Northumberlandia, will form the centrepiece of a 29 hectare public park on the Blagdon Estate.

It is estimated it will take two years to construct and cost £2.5m.

Once developed, it is believed it will be the largest human form to be sculpted into the land, in the world.

It is being jointly funded by Blagdon Estate, who are the landowners, and the Banks Group, who will carry out the construction work. The company is also the developers of the adjacent surface mine.

The sculpture - the shape of a woman lying down, formed from a series of hills - has been designed by artist Charles Jencks, who is best known in the North East for his sculpture outside the Centre for Life in Newcastle.

Mark Dowdall, environment and communities director of The Banks Group, said it was hoped the sculpture would attract an additional 200,000 visitors a year to Northumberland.

He said: "Northumberlandia and the surrounding park will be a wonderful place for local people to visit as well as providing a boost to the regional economy through increasing the numbers of visitors that come to the area to see it for themselves."

He said there would be no fee to visit Northumberlandia but it was likely there would be charges for parking.

The plans to build Northumberlandia prompted opposition from some residents who complained the area did not have the infrastructure, it would distract motorists driving along the nearby A1(M) and was distasteful.

However plans were passed by Northumberland County Council in November 2007.

It is hoped to be open to the public by 2013.

anonymous1

April 10th, 2010, 01:29 AM

That's also in the Daily Mail:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1264824/Unveiled-Giant-earth-sculpture-naked-reclining-woman.html

Just wait for the crazy comments to build up...

bigchrisfgb

April 10th, 2010, 01:33 AM

This is like a spit in the face to the south who want to build that giant horse to compete with the Angle of the north, imagine how they are going to feel when it is over shadowed by this?

It will be like them building Lakeside/Blue water to be bigger then the MC and then finding out during construction the MC underwent some expansion to make it even bigger the Lakeside/Blue water again.

Trust the dailymail to try and bring some controversy out of it.

anonymous1

April 10th, 2010, 02:16 AM

http://www.royalmint.com/web/MultimediaFiles/MIND_ANGEL.JPG
Dunno if this has been mentioned, but the Angel of the North will be one of 6 special coin designs for the Olympics.

link me up scotty!: http://www.royalmint.com/olympicgames/Celebration_Designer.aspx

bigchrisfgb

April 10th, 2010, 02:20 AM

I fail to see the point in paying over the odds of what is in effect a £5 coin.

Newcastle Historian

April 10th, 2010, 02:29 AM

bigchrisfgb

April 10th, 2010, 02:35 AM

Thanks for that anonymous1, I think I might be tempted!
It's interesting, but at between £0-£50 I don't think so (atleast not for me), I doubt it will go up much in value as other coins do.

Newcastle Historian

April 10th, 2010, 02:43 AM

It's interesting, but at between £0-£50 I don't think so (atleast not for me), I doubt it will go up much in value as other coins do.

It would be nice if it went up in value Chris, but you (I'm sure by now) KNOW that I am a simple (very simple!) COLLECTOR, of all things Newcastle, and occasionally 'Newcastle area' like this one. For example, all those 'plates' that I have shown in this thread.

bigchrisfgb

April 10th, 2010, 02:58 AM

Yeah, I surpose anything is only worth how much you value it.

Newcastle Historian

April 25th, 2010, 10:07 AM

An occasional series on Newcastle Artists from the past to the present day.
No. 5 - Thomas Miles Richardson (Senior) 1784 - 1848.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/ThomasMilesRichardson1784to1848001.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/ThomasMilesRichardson1784to1848002.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/ThomasMilesRichardson1784to1848003.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/ThomasMilesRichardson1784to1848004.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/ThomasMilesRichardson1784to1848a.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/ThomasMilesRichardson1784to1848.jpg

johnnypd

April 25th, 2010, 10:29 AM

some wonderfully evocative pictures there. the one showing the old timber framed houses on the side is amazing.

Newcastle Historian

May 13th, 2010, 09:33 AM

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/BasilHumeStatue1.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/BasilHumeStatue2.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/BasilHumeStatue3.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/BasilHumeStatue4.jpg

Newcastle Historian

May 29th, 2010, 12:48 PM

Clayton painting returns home to Hadrian’s Wall
May 29 2010 by Tony Henderson, The Journal

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/may2010/3/5/the-john-clayton-painting-662189236.jpg

A PORTRAIT of one of the North East’s leading lights of the 19th Century returned home yesterday after its owners ran out of walls to hang it on.

A 6ft by 4ft painting of John Clayton – who saved large tracts of the Roman Wall in the 19th Century – was unveiled at English Heritage’s Chesters Roman fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland.

The Chesters estate was the home of archaeologist and lawyer Mr Clayton, who as town clerk of Newcastle for 45 years worked closely with developer Richard Grainger and architect John Dobson to create what is now known as Grainger Town in the city. He died in 1890, aged 98.

His portrait has hung on the walls of law firms in Newcastle since it was painted in 1863, when Clayton was 71.

But it was donated to Chesters fort by the Newcastle office of lawyers Eversheds after the firm moved to open plan offices and no longer had anywhere to hang it.

The newly-restored portrait will hang in the recently-refurbished on-site Edwardian museum, which houses Clayton’s stunning collection of Roman antiquities.

Kevin Booth, senior curator with English Heritage North East collections team, said: “Clayton was a great man, as well as a respected antiquarian, and it’s wonderful to see the portrait hanging so close to the fort. “We’re very grateful to Eversheds for gifting the portrait to us and returning it to a place that honours the role and work that Clayton put into the conservation of Hadrian’s Wall.”

The portrait of Clayton depicts him dressed in his familiar black suit with robe and cravat and the portrait highlights his achievements as he gestures towards a window leading to Grey Street in Newcastle – which he was involved in creating. Clayton was a reluctant sitter and there are only three paintings of him in existence.

Even less is known about the artist. Census data suggests that he could be Edward Sawyer, born in 1828 in North Shields but living first in Bishopwearmouth in Sunderland and then Newcastle.

FULL ARTICLE HERE - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/05/29/clayton-painting-returns-home-to-hadrian-s-wall-61634-26545778/

Newcastle Historian

June 13th, 2010, 06:38 PM

An occasional series on Newcastle Artists from the past to the present day.

OK, so "Post 91" (above) concludes MY own personal series on "Newcastle Artists", not because that is an exhaustive collection (there were/are many more) just that I have covered all my own personal favourites . . .

namely

No. 1 - George Balmer (1805 - 1846)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=51827793&postcount=66

No. 2 - John Wilson Carmichael (1799 - 1868)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=52431467&postcount=68

No. 3 - John Dobson (1787 - 1865)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=52875203&postcount=72

No. 4 - Henry Perlee Parker (1795 - 1873)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=54467199&postcount=80

No. 5 - Thomas Miles Richardson (Senior) 1784 - 1848.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=55814617&postcount=91

and (also) I want to move on, as I have a "new" series of Local Art in mind . . .

ART ON THE METRO.

It has existed for only 30 years (1980-2010) but in that short time, the METRO has been the location for numerous items of ART, all of which I have found interesting in one way or another.

So, as a fan of both 'The Metro' and local art, I thought I would (shortly) start to share some of the 'Art on the Metro' (that has happened so far) on this thread.

DXNewcastle

June 13th, 2010, 10:10 PM

There's a few of these Perceptual Maps already in this thread, but not, I think, this one from 1994, called Newcastle Cityscape :-
http://82.39.246.179/photos/Newcastle_Subjective_Q4.jpg
I regret the poor quality, this poster has been taped to the back of a well-used door for many years and is rather tattered. I also had to stitch together 6 separate scans before I could post it here. I've tried to smooth out some of the worst blemishes!

Published by "FootPrints" of Edinburgh & London in 1993, it even carried an ISBN number.
Its got lots of humour in it, the green monster in the undergrowth, the stranded islander in the middle of a roundabout, a car falling off the open Swing Bridge, a platoon of Roman infantry marching down Westgate Road, the racing car on top of Eldon Square car park.
The poster contained a lot of adverts and further perceptual maps of Monument Mall and Greater Tyneside, and repeated references to "Colour Line" shipping.

Hope you enjoy studying some of its details!

elliott

June 13th, 2010, 10:22 PM

Whats the buildings on the central part of the Bigg Market?

Newcastle Historian

June 13th, 2010, 10:42 PM

Whats the buildings on the central part of the Bigg Market?

I think they represent the actual 'market stalls' of the Bigg Market, itself.

EXCELLENT map mind, DX N !!

DXNewcastle

June 14th, 2010, 12:14 AM

EXCELLENT mapSeveral other people have made a similar remark!

Its been on display where I work, stuck to a door, and just occassionally a waiting customer or supplier has been seen standing transfixed - staring into the map - and then after some time, there might be a little giggle! There really are lots of minute details and ironic humour - a humour which puts a city's pretentions towards greatness into a very modest but human context.
(Oh, and by the way, it can also be useful for finding where something is).

Shame I can't find any originals, this one was so very worn and even had a hole in it where a coat-hook poked through. They were sold for £1.

Here's another image from the rear of the same pamphlet - the quality is slightly better because this side had been facing the door all these years.
http://82.39.246.179/photos/MonumentMall.jpg

Newcastle Historian

June 20th, 2010, 05:53 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 1 - CENTRAL STATION METRO (Part One).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/ArtatCentralStationMetro001.jpg

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DXNewcastle

June 21st, 2010, 10:38 PM

William Armstrong's famous but ruined Banqueting Hall in Jesmond Dene is not all in ruins. The street level chambers and its imposing stair well have been transformed into artists' studios and a gallery, which was launched with an exhibition and showing to invited guests and media on Saturday 19th June.

Details at http://www.armstrongstudiotrust.org/

The building and its environments are associated with various northern artists such as Graham Lough and Ralph Hedley as well as the Pre Raphaelite movement and earlier a visit by Turner. The Northern Sinfornia were the last occupants leaving in 1971 before the building fell into disrepair and later became a controlled ruin. Recently the parks have been awarded Heritage Lottery funding for renewal and development, a similar but independent strategy is being considered for the Banqueting Hall, architect John Dobson and the Lodge, architect Norman Shaw.

I missed it myself, but friends have been enthusing about the event, the building, the hospitality and the personalities present (though didn't seem to recall much about the art. Hmmm.)

Newcastle Historian

June 21st, 2010, 11:16 PM

^^
Interesting, I used to visit the Banqueting Hall in the old days (we lived nearby) when the whole building was still in use and they used to have 'camping & caravan' exhibitions on the lower floors!

I have also copied the above post into the "Museums & Galleries" thread, for info.

Newcastle Historian

June 25th, 2010, 06:48 PM

Greenery to be cleared from Angel of the North
June 25th 2010, by Rob Pattinson, Evening Chronicle

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/jun2010/8/9/greenery-to-be-cleared-from-angel-of-the-north-402515213.jpg

Tyneside could soon enjoy a full view of the Angel of the North once again.

Gateshead Council has agreed to clear greenery blocking views of the iconic metal giant after its creator complained he couldn’t see it as he passed on a train.

London-based artist Anthony Gormley was reportedly unhappy about trees obscuring the sculpture as he passed it on the way to launch his latest art project in Scotland.

Now efforts will be made to put the Angel back on full view to passengers on the East Coast Main Line and drivers on the A1 western bypass.

The sculpture, based on a cast of Gormley’s own torso, is one of the most viewed pieces of art in the world, seen by 90,000 people every day.

Peter Udall, Gateshead Council’s head of property and design, said: “We constantly tend the trees but we have got plans for clearing some of them out to provide visual corridors so that as you drive past the Angel you will be periodically able to see it from top to bottom.

“It is very worth while maintaining the Angel as it has a significant impact on the region; attracting visitors and investment.”

The promise to tend to trees obscuring the view comes as more Tynesiders have called for an improvement in facilities at the site of the Angel, at Eighton Lodge, Gateshead.

Campaigners believe the number of art fans and interested visitors making the pilgrimage to the iron giant’s feet warrant the installation of a cafe, gift shop and toilet.

He said: “There is a fantastic sculpture and a big nothingness to go with it and people come from all over the country to see it.

One of the stumbling blocks to more development at the site has been the original brief for the artwork, which intended that it would stand alone with nature and without artificial creations like a visitor centre.

However, Anthony Gormley has said he does not oppose more development.

FULL ARTICLE HERE - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/06/25/greenery-to-be-cleared-from-angel-of-the-north-72703-26725099/

Newcastle Historian

June 29th, 2010, 09:49 AM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 2 - HEBBURN METRO STATION.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Hebburn-1.jpg

Newcastle Historian

July 5th, 2010, 04:29 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 3 - GATESHEAD METRO STATION (Part One).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/GatesheadMetroArta.jpghttp://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/GatesheadMetroArtb.jpg

Newcastle Historian

July 10th, 2010, 08:28 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 4 - HEWORTH METRO STATION (Part One).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/HeworthMetro001a-1.jpg

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Newcastle Historian

July 11th, 2010, 08:09 AM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 5 - HEWORTH METRO STATION (Part Two).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/HeworthMetro001-1.jpg
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inmh88

July 12th, 2010, 11:52 PM

This guy is amazing, never heard of him until I saw a 'street-art' image he done on the Newcastle Daily Photo's site, our very own Banksy...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobstr

See if you can recognise any of the Newcastle landmarks where he has done this gorilla-art!

I would love to know where he drew those 'small people' on the stairs and such...Class!

anonymous1

July 14th, 2010, 01:50 PM

Has anyone else noticed, that on that flickr inmh88 has posted, there are photos of the CCTV cameras that we thought have been camouflaged, but it turns out they're by that dude: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mobstr/4185763944/

AngerOfTheNorth

July 14th, 2010, 09:19 PM

Hahaha, I did think in the end that it must be an art piece! I'd love more stuff like that in the city. Something that's actually thought provoking.

Newcastle Historian

July 15th, 2010, 07:21 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 6 - FOUR LANE ENDS METRO STATION (Part One).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/FourLaneEndsArt001.jpg

Newcastle Historian

July 20th, 2010, 08:52 AM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 7 - JARROW METRO STATION.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/JarrowMetreoArt001.jpg

Newcastle Historian

July 24th, 2010, 12:49 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 8 - JESMOND METRO STATION (Part One).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/JesmondMetroArt-1001.jpg

It doesn't say so above, but my memory tells me that the items used in this artwork, were actually saved from the building and garden that was on this actual site, before it was demolished to make way for the Metro Station. I have vague memories of a large house and gardens, with a tennis court?

Anyone else confirm this, either from your own memory or if you have read this somewhere, subsequently?

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Newcastle Historian

July 24th, 2010, 06:26 PM

^^
Re the above.

I think the below aerial photo shows the house I was thinking of, where the constituent parts of the 'Jesmond Metro Station Artwork' (in the previous post) actually came from.

You can see the house and gardens (tennis court) on the site of Jesmond Metro Station?

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/DIVERSIONISSUE2003-1.jpg

This photo is taken from the second issue of "Diversion" (in 1972) on the 'Building of the CME 1972-1975' thread.
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=999987

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Newcastle Historian

July 26th, 2010, 02:25 PM

Newcastle photographer is planning a creative hub
July 26th 2010, by John Hill, The Journal

LEADING advertising photographer Alex Telfer is looking to convert his studio in a former church in Newcastle into a creative hub.

Telfer plans to move his production team into the adjoining house and split the 14,000 square foot Kingsland Church in Byker into spaces for creative businesses. He has been based in Byker since he bought the deconsecrated church in 2005, but his work often takes him away from his base to locations around the world.

He said: “It’s a lovely open plan space, and it’s contemporary but with a real sense of history and character.

“Now we’re having to operate much further afield, this space doesn’t get as much use as it deserves.

“The idea is to move my team into the house and this studio space will remain a communal area which we can use for shoots when we need to.

“But we want to turn the rest into a creative hub for graphic designers, furniture designers or small architecture firms – creative entities that don’t conflict with each other. It would be a cost-effective way for businesses to rent a really unique space.”

ARTICLE HERE - http://www.nebusiness.co.uk/business-news/latest-business-news/2010/07/26/newcastle-photographer-is-planning-a-creative-hub-51140-26929232/

Newcastle Historian

July 30th, 2010, 10:29 AM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 9 - JESMOND METRO STATION (Part Two).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/JesmondMetroArt.jpg

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ozzie1980

August 2nd, 2010, 10:47 PM

Newcastle Historian

August 3rd, 2010, 11:07 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 10 - LONGBENTON METRO STATION (Part One).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/LongbentonMetroArt.jpg

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Newcastle Historian

August 5th, 2010, 12:26 PM

Apologies if this has been posted elsewhere, but there is an excellent exhibition currently on at the Laing Art Gallery. I was there this afternoon and I'll be going again tomorrow! Lots of excellent original watercolours and paintings of the city through the centuries. A must visit!

http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing/newcastlereinvented/

Looking at the "Gallery" of featured paintings (some of which have previously been featured on this thread) that are in this exhibition, I will DEFINITELY be going to this one!

GALLERY - http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing/newcastlereinvented/gallery/?gallery=11

Great spot, ozzie1980.

Newcastle Historian

August 16th, 2010, 12:12 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 11 - MANORS METRO STATION.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/ManorsMetroArt.jpg

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AngerOfTheNorth

August 16th, 2010, 03:54 PM

Newcastle Historian

August 16th, 2010, 07:24 PM

This isn't for one second aimed at NH's efforts to put this info online (which I think is hugely worthwhile), but I have to say that I'm struck by the lack of Metro-based public art that I like, or think has much worth... Bit of a pity.

Yes, I think some of it is fairly non-descript, but I applaud the effort to have 'something' on the system to brighten it up!

I still have a lot more to show.

Newcastle Historian

August 21st, 2010, 09:31 AM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 12 - MONKSEATON METRO STATION.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/MonkseatonMetroArt.jpg

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Newcastle Historian

August 24th, 2010, 07:45 PM

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/WhitleyBayDomeGirls.jpg

Newcastle Historian

August 25th, 2010, 05:16 PM

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/CartoonBarmy1.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/CartoonBarmy2.jpg

Newcastle Historian

August 28th, 2010, 02:33 PM

Artists launch shop in disused Newcastle building
August 28th 2010, by Lucy Roue, Evening Chronicle

IT'S a credit crunch concept - a pop-up shop, the first of its kind, has opened on Tyneside.

A group of artists have launched the shop-cum-art studio with a twist.

Working together to sell their designs, each of the 35-plus artists takes it in turn to staff the shop and volunteer their time back into the project, rather than paying commission on their sales.

Made In Newcastle is a creative retail, gallery and workshop space located in the heart of the city on Nun Street.

Launched on July 10 by Rachael Streather from Heaton, the store was created as part of a pop-up shop initiative, which encourages regeneration in deprived inner-city sites.

Shoe and accessory designer Yve Ngoo of Jesmond got involved with the project after a career as a development worker for the BBC.

She said: “I wanted to do something creative as there has been a massive explosion in crafts recently. There is always something you can do here.

“Everyone has a story to tell, from job losses and redundancy to finding a new craft.

“In recent years Newcastle has lost some of its individuality to the generic high street stores, and it is often difficult to find retail space for art.”

Occupying a four-story Georgian town house, the ‘empty’ shop hosts a range of exciting crafts including photography, felting, jewellery-making and sewing classes.

If anyone was to buy the property, it would give the project 28 days to re-locate elsewhere in Newcastle, although this didn’t seem to phase the group of hearty volunteers.

FULL ARTICLE HERE - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2010/08/28/artists-launch-shop-in-disused-newcastle-building-72703-27156706/

Newcastle Historian

August 29th, 2010, 08:18 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 13 - MONUMENT METRO STATION (Part One).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/MonumentMetroArt1.jpg

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Newcastle Historian

September 3rd, 2010, 12:27 AM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 14 - MONUMENT METRO STATION (Part Two).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/MonumentMetroArt2.jpg

Now, I may be wrong here (please let me know?) but I think that the "Richard Cole 2001" Artwork (not completed at the time the above was published) has now been completed, and it is shown in the photos below, taken in 2004 . . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/MonumentArt20043.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/MonumentArt20042.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/MonumentArt20041.jpg

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Newcastle Historian

September 7th, 2010, 11:32 AM

Historic paintings of Newcastle set to be sold at auction
September 7th 2010, by Tony Henderson, The Journal

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/sep2010/1/1/stephen-moore-with-the-picture-955637617.jpg

A DETAILED picture of the Newcastle of 150 years ago has emerged from historic items up for auction.

Today a batch of watercolour paintings of old buildings in Newcastle will be sold by city auctioneers Anderson & Garland.

They are the work of artist James Wood, who died in 1886 and whose early career focused on depicting historic landmarks in what was then still a town.

The portrayal of a now largely lost Newcastle includes the New Gate, Pandon Gate, West Gate and Pilgrim Gate, engraver Thomas Bewick’s workshop near St Nicholas Cathedral, clown and theatre owner Billy Purvis’ house at the Close, Sallyport Tower when used as a school house in 1850, and Cromwell’s cottage at Stella in Gateshead.

Newcastle Library has a collection of Wood’s watercolour street scenes.

Today’s batch is expected to fetch £200-£300.

“James Wood must have been interested in history and felt that these places needed to be recorded,” said Anderson & Garland’s Steven Moore. “It is an important series of images from what in many respects is a vanished Newcastle.”

The picture of the town is filled in by a mass of detail in two Ordnance Survey atlases from 1861, which will be sold on Thursday.

The huge books cover the town centre and what were then outlying handfuls of buildings in rural surroundings, but which are now Newcastle suburbs.

Fenham Hall is isolated in the countryside, Denton Burn consists of three buildings, High Heaton is a scattering of homes and a colliery, Cowgate is a few structures and a windmill, while Brandling Village in Jesmond is set in wide open spaces.

Newcastle as a drinking circuit is also nothing new.

In 1861 the small area between St Nicholas Cathedral and the Castle Keep was home to a cluster of pubs including the Burns Tavern, Meter’s Arms, Burnt House pub, Grapes Inn, Sun Inn and the Union pub.

In the Groat Market were the Black Boy Inn, Crown and Thistle Hotel, White Horse, Lord Chancellor’s and the Flying Horse.

Off adjacent Pudding Chare were to be found the Friendly Sons of Erin pub, the Collingwood, the Hatter’s Arms, Salutation Inn, Rose Inn and the Wellington Hotel.

Breweries also abounded, including the Stag Brewery off New Bridge Street, Sandyford Brewery, Leazes Brewery, Barras Bridge Brewery and malt kilns, Haymarket Brewery with its nearby Cock and Anchor and Crow’s Nest pubs, Haymarket Hotel and Plough Inn.

The most striking factor is how, in the town centre, industries of all types sat cheek by jowl with homes.

Opposite the Bonded Warehouses on the Quayside, where the Copthorne Hotel now stands, were a bottle works, foundry, steam mill, and timber yard, with the Malthouse Brewery.

FULL ARTICLE HERE - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/09/07/historic-paintings-of-newcastle-set-to-be-sold-at-auction-61634-27215328/

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Newcastle Historian

September 10th, 2010, 04:19 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 15 - REGENT CENTRE METRO STATION.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/RegentCentreMetroART.jpg

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inmh88

September 15th, 2010, 06:15 PM

BALTIC to host the Turner Prize in 2011
http://jacklowestudio.co.uk/blog/?p=897

Newcastle Historian

September 19th, 2010, 06:41 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 16 - WEST MONKSEATON METRO STATION.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/WestMonkseatonStation.jpg

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GBDT

September 22nd, 2010, 02:09 AM

I knew I had one somewhere . .

NO I didn't, I had absolutely no idea at all that I had this one . . I really do need to get my filing system sorted out I think!

Here it is, a very much updated version of the Perceptual Map done 19 years later in 1996 . . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/PerceptualMap1996004.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/PerceptualMap1996.jpg

I would love to see a 2009/2010 version though . . and I know that I definitely DO NOT have one of those!!

The original Perceptual maps were designed by Newcastle University (I think). They didn't take to kindly to our version of their map, so after a couple of editions of it the Council's Perceptual Map was quietly dropped.

GBDT

Newcastle Historian

September 22nd, 2010, 10:53 AM

The original Perceptual maps were designed by Newcastle University (I think). They didn't take to kindly to our version of their map, so after a couple of editions of it the Council's Perceptual Map was quietly dropped.

GBDT

That's an interesting addition to the story, I was not aware of that slight 'dispute'!

The early version of the Perceptual Map that I have, that I first showed at 'Post 40', here . . . http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=48215807&postcount=40
is indeed the one designed by Gerald H Fisher of Newcastle University and dates from 1977 . . . which is originally when I thought he had first designed it.

THEN, while doing the series on "Official City Guides" on the BOOKS thread recently, I found this one by him dated 1973. The MAP used in the City Guide is annotated . . . designed by Gerald H Fisher, Department of Psychology, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1973.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/CityGuide19734-1.jpg

Here is the LINK to the post on the BOOKS thread also . . . http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=57439231&postcount=69

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Newcastle Historian

September 24th, 2010, 01:12 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 17 - CULLERCOATS METRO STATION.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/CullercoatsMetroStationArt.jpg

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Newcastle Historian

September 30th, 2010, 11:13 AM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 18 - WHITLEY BAY METRO STATION.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/WhitleyBayMetroArt.jpg

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Newcastle Historian

October 4th, 2010, 10:06 AM

Artists benefit from rent-free Newcastle
City Centre office block
October 4th 2010, by David Whetstone, The Journal

DEEP cuts in arts funding may be feared this month, but a group of young artists in Newcastle city centre are benefiting from hard times.

Art graduates Will Strong and Will Marshall now hold the keys to a large office block formerly occupied by lawyers and accountants, thanks to a scheme aimed at sustaining town and city centres during the recession.

The 23-year-olds have invited more than 20 other young artists to join them in turning four floors of Norham House, on New Bridge Street, into a hive of creativity.

They have a year-long, rent-free lease on the building which is scheduled for demolition as part of the East Pilgrim Street regeneration scheme.

But they believe that gives them enough time to establish themselves as professional artists.

Joe Price, who advised them on the move, said other empty buildings in the area could also be leased to artists, helping to create a cultural quarter in a run-down part of the city.

Will Marshall said: “We were basically speechless when we first looked round this place because it is so huge.”

Mr Price said the two Wills and their group were benefiting from a scheme with no losers in the North East.

He explained that landlords who let an empty building to a non-profit-making organisation qualified for an 80% reduction in the business rates owed to the local authority.

The authority, in turn, could claim the bulk of the shortfall back from the Government.

The scheme has been supported by the Arts Council and The Sponsors Club for Arts & Business which secured free legal advice for the Wills from Muckle LLP, the law firm which used to be one of the tenants of Norham House, which occupies a corner site close to the old Odeon Cinema.

“Our key ethos is to take on new visual arts graduates but we do take on more experienced people if they’ll give something back to the project, doing workshops or sharing expertise,” said Will Marshall.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/10/04/artists-benefit-from-rent-free-newcastle-city-office-block-61634-27393952/#ixzz11NKQr59c

Newcastle Historian

October 6th, 2010, 09:39 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 19 - BEDE METRO STATION.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/BedeMetroStation.jpg

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Newcastle Historian

October 11th, 2010, 09:46 AM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 20 - CENTRAL STATION METRO (Part Two).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/CentralStationMetro.jpg

NB - Part One of "Central Station Metro Art" was posted on 20th June 2010 - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=58967873&postcount=96

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Newcastle Historian

October 15th, 2010, 10:54 AM

Northern Spirit displays opens at Laing Art Gallery
October 15th 2010, by David Whetstone, The Journal

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/oct2010/2/0/laing-art-gallery-northern-spirit-530492552.jpg

STUNNING Art Treasures are coming out of storage to grace a new display dedicated to the region’s rich artistic history.

Among the items being displayed in the Laing Art Gallery’s new Northern Spirit display yesterday was a huge painting of Swan Hunter’s yard at Wallsend.

Painted in 1954 by Newcastle artist Thomas William Pattison, it shows the building of the tanker La Hacienda.

The wall-sized painting, which is called On The Tyne – Shipbuilding, was bought by the Laing in 1956 but has not been on public view for many years.

Another eye-catching exhibit is a wood carving by Gerrard Robinson, a 19th Century Newcastle blacksmith’s son whose talent enabled him to build up a fashionable clientele in London before he moved back to the North East.

The elaborate Northern Spirit woodcarving shows a boar hunt with knights on horseback riding through woodland.

Laing Art Gallery curator Julie Milne said: “It hasn’t been on public view but I’ve been walking past it for years and I thought, I’d really like to show that.”

Northern Spirit replaces the old walk-through Art on Tyneside display which told the history of the area in a series of small rooms.

But Julie said the decision was taken two years ago to replace it with a new permanent display focusing more on the quality of North East art.

She said: “You can still see the history of Tyneside in the new display but it celebrates the intrinsic qualities of the art as well. I think the new display will give people the opportunity to concentrate more on the art and it will enable us to show more pictures.”

Grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Government and Newcastle City Council helped to meet the £1,057,000 cost of Northern Spirit.

The display is divided into three rooms called River and City, Artists’ Stories and Artists and Communities, with glass walls meaning the art is more immediately visible to people entering the Laing.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/10/15/northern-spirit-displays-opens-at-laing-art-gallery-61634-27475474/#ixzz12PpT0oWN

Newcastle Historian

October 17th, 2010, 05:47 AM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 21 - FOUR LANE ENDS METRO STATION (Part Two).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/FourLaneEndsMetroArtPart2.jpg

NB - Part One of "Four Lane Ends Metro Station Art" was posted on 15th July 2010 - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=60370255&postcount=107

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Newcastle Historian

October 23rd, 2010, 10:39 AM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 22 - GATESHEAD METRO STATION (Part Two).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/GatesheadMetroArtPart2.jpg

NB - Part One of "Gateshead Metro Station Art" was posted on 5th July 2010 - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=59800051&postcount=101

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Newcastle Historian

October 27th, 2010, 01:05 PM

Arts bosses braced for yet more cuts
October 27th 2010, by Adrian Pearson, The Journal

ARTS chiefs have warned they may have to turn their back on some organisations after slashing £1m from the bodies behind the region’s cultural identity.

Bosses at the Arts Council North East have been forced to slash around 6.9% from the funds they hand out to 70 organisations such as the Alnwick Playhouse and the Baltic.

Cuts were forced on to the council following the Government’s comprehensive spending review.

Those that have been regularly handed cash could be dealt a double blow as councils warn they too will have to reconsider their handouts as the cuts begin to bite.

The £1m Arts Council cuts will be followed up by a complete rethink of which bodies can be helped in future.

Alison Clark-Jenkins, director at Arts Council North East, said they would have to consider radical changes to the way they fund some organisations.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/10/27/arts-bosses-braced-for-yet-more-cuts-61634-27548411/#ixzz13YXdQMZP

Newcastle Historian

October 28th, 2010, 05:32 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 23 - GATESHEAD METRO STATION (Part Three).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/GatesheadMetroArtPart3.jpg

Part One of "Gateshead Metro Station Art" was posted on 5th July 2010 - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=59800051&postcount=101

Part Two of "Gateshead Metro Station Art" was posted on 23rd October 2010 - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65829621&postcount=138

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Newcastle Historian

November 6th, 2010, 05:17 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 24 - LONGBENTON METRO STATION (Part Two).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/LongbentonMetroArtPart2.jpg

Part One of "Longbenton Metro Station Art" was posted on 3rd August 2010 - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=61395871&postcount=114

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Newcastle Historian

November 17th, 2010, 12:25 AM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 25 - REGENT CENTRE METRO STATION (Part Two).

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/RegentCentreMetroArtPart2.jpg

Part One of "Regent Centre Metro Station Art" was posted on 10th September 2010 - http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=63484899&postcount=126

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Newcastle Historian

November 21st, 2010, 02:34 PM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 26 - PARK LANE METRO STATION.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/ParkLaneMetroArt.jpg

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Newcastle Historian

November 28th, 2010, 10:46 AM

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ART on the METRO.
No. 27 - ST PETERS METRO STATION.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/StPetersMetroArt.jpg

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Newcastle Historian

November 28th, 2010, 12:28 PM

ART on the METRO.

No. 28 - CONCLUSION & SUMMARY.

The previous post in this series ('Part 27') was actually the FINAL piece of specific Metro Station Art, that I have.

I hope that some of you have enjoyed seeing the illustrations of the Art that is on show at some of the individual Metro Stations on our Metro System, though judging by the comments received (or sometimes not received!) many of you agree with me . . . that a lot of it isn't exactly 'great art'!

However, having started it, I was determined to finish off the series by showing ALL of the 'station art' that I had copies of!

Great Art it may not be, very often, but I am still (personally) pleased that an effort is made to 'individualise' our Metro Stations and brighten them up with a bit of artistic effort.

The series (as I said) is now finished, in terms of Art on specific Metro Stations (which is what I have concentrated on) but I thought I would do this one last post to "round things off" - with a summary of the series, a look at some other bits of Art around the Metro, and with a brief look at what may be about to come (in the way of Art) on our Metro System in the future . . .

1 - I obtained all these illustrations from two booklets . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/METROART-Book1.jpg http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/METROART-Book2.jpg

2 - The NEXUS Head Office building, is (said to be) an actual 'work of Art' in itself . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/MetroHQ-NEXUSHouse.jpg

3 - The METRO BRIDGE (the Queen Elizabeth 2nd Bridge) is also a 'work of Art' at night . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/MetroBridge1.jpg http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/MetroBridge2.jpg

4 - Then, there is also the 'South Shields Ferry Landing' . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/METROART-SouthShieldFerryLanding.jpg

5 - Of course, over the years there has also been some (official!!) "TEMPORARY ART" around the system . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/METROART-TemporaryArtworks.jpg

6 - Also, there are some FUTURE PLANS for more Art on the system (some of which have already happened, since this was printed) . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/METROART-ComingSoon.jpg

7 - And FINALLY, for reference purposes, here are LINKS (copied here from the INDEX Thread) to all 27 pieces of Art, in the "ART on the METRO" series . .

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=58967873&postcount=96 (No. 1 - Central Station, Metro Station, Pt 1)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=59471747&postcount=100 (No. 2 - Hebburn Metro Station)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=59800051&postcount=101 (No. 3 - Gateshead Metro Station, Pt 1)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=60094799&postcount=102 (No. 4 - Heworth Metro Station, Pt 1)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=60117725&postcount=103 (No. 5 - Heworth Metro Station, Pt 2)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=60370255&postcount=107 (No. 6 - Four Lane Ends Metro Station, Pt 1)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=60605409&postcount=108 (No. 7 - Jarrow Metro Station)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=60840183&postcount=109 (No. 8 - Jesmond Metro Station, Pt 1)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=61159187&postcount=112 (No. 9 - Jesmond Metro Station, Pt 2)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=61395871&postcount=114 (No.10 - Longbenton Metro Station, Pt 1))
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=62060255&postcount=116 (No.11 - Manors Metro Station)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=62340871&postcount=119 (No.12 - Monkseaton Metro Station)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=62801377&postcount=123 (No.13 - Monument Metro Station, Pt 1)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=63052051&postcount=124 (No.14 - Monument Metro Station, Pt 2)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=63484899&postcount=126 (No.15 - Regent Centre Metro Station, Pt 1)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=63946943&postcount=128 (No.16 - West Monkseaton Metro Station)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=64222857&postcount=131 (No.17 - Cullercoats Metro Station)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=64547635&postcount=132 (No.18 - Whitley Bay Metro Station)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=64908059&postcount=134 (No.19 - Bede Metro Station)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65120153&postcount=135 (No.20 - Central Station Metro Station, Pt 2)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65485483&postcount=137 (No.21 - Four Lane Ends Metro Station, Pt 2)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=65829621&postcount=138 (No.22 - Gateshead Metro Station, Pt 2)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=66127455&postcount=140 (No.23 - Gateshead Metro Station, Pt 3)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=66631665&postcount=141 (No.24 - Longbenton Metro Station, Pt 2)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=67253187&postcount=142 (No.25 - Regent Centre Metro Station, Pt 2)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=67518519&postcount=143 (No.26 - Park Lane Metro Station)
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=67935567&postcount=144 (No.27 - St Peters Metro Station)

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Newcastle Historian

December 2nd, 2010, 07:16 PM

4067 has a nice new livery

Watch it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtYb8yP1Xc4

Re ^^

Artist Alexander Millar's work featured on Metro train
December 1st 2010, The Journal

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/dec2010/2/9/alexander-millar-598460434.jpg

THE work of a North East artist is to adorn a Metro train in a celebration of North East life.

The bespoke artwork commissioned by the Metro has been created by renowned artist Alexander Millar.

Mr Millar’s work for the Metro features the “gadgie” – a typical Tyneside working man – which has become famous throughout the world in recent years.

Mr Millar said: “This has been unbelievable. It is a big travelling canvas. It feels like when Newcastle scored five goals against Manchester United a couple of years ago, it is great.

“To have your work seen right across the North East is a huge, huge privilege for me and I am chuffed to bits.”

Mr Millar, who grew up in a village outside Glasgow, moved to the North East 30 years ago and now thinks of himself as an adopted Geordie.

He added: “Because a lot of the work is shots from behind, people can look at it and see their grandfather or father, it is something everyone can identify with.”

The train featuring the artwork is part of Metro’s commitment to work with, reflect and put something back into local communities in the region.

Richard McClean, managing director of DB Regio Tyne and Wear operator Metro on behalf of Nexus, said: “Not only will some of the proceeds go to the Bubble Foundation charity but people can take pride in the fact that they are from the North East and see the art as an appreciation of their heritage and lives here.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/12/01/artist-alexander-millar-s-work-featured-on-metro-train-61634-27745771/#ixzz16ymxI1yU

Newcastle Historian

December 13th, 2010, 06:58 PM

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The Journal - Thursday 9th December 2010 . .
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/NewcastleArtist.jpg

Newcastle Historian

December 17th, 2010, 10:38 AM

Making an art of our traffic jams
December 17th 2010, by Tony Henderson, The Journal

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/dec2010/4/9/tom-schofield-brigitta-zics-king-s-gate-newcastle-university-692970413.jpg

The ebb and flow of a city’s traffic is the driving force behind a new artwork. The moving, digital artwork is being projected each night until January 8 on to the side of Newcastle University’s King’s Gate building on Barras Bridge.

Called traceNorth, it has been created by Brigitta Zics and Tom Schofield and is based on traffic movement data from Newcastle.

The large-scale data visualisation uses constantly changing, organic shapes to represent rising and falling rates of traffic flow.

The work has been commissioned by Northern Stage – formerly Newcastle Playhouse and the University Theatre – to mark its 40th anniversary in collaboration with Culture Lab, which is based at Newcastle University and works in the culture and technology fields.

Brigitta is a lecturer at Culture Lab, where Tom is studying for a PhD in data visualisation. They decided to use the traffic data collected by the School of Civil Engineering and Geosciences’ Transport Operations Research Group at Newcastle University, in collaboration with Newcastle City Council.

Tom said: “We were looking at how we could represent the life and activity of the city and how busy it is, with people on the move.

“The data comes from vehicles passing through traffic lights.”

Different parts of the artwork represent various locations in the city and change shape to reflect the altering levels of traffic.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2010/12/17/making-an-art-of-our-traffic-jams-61634-27841264/#ixzz18MO7l4gQ

Newcastle Historian

January 22nd, 2011, 01:55 PM

Tyneside artist's haunting Holocaust tribute
by David Morton, Evening Chronicle, January 22nd 2011

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/jan2011/0/0/the-return-journey-by-joe-mcgarry-791667004.jpg

A HAUNTING exhibition marking the atrocities of the Holocaust has opened on Tyneside.

Ten “beautifully disturbed” paintings by local artist Joe McGarry are on display at North Shields Library ahead of Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27.

Joe, 65, from Forrest Hall, North Tyneside, was shocked by television footage about the Holocaust from a young age and was inspired to paint in memory of the victims.

He said: “I have always been horrified that people could be so cruel. I much prefer to paint something that is really meaningful as I like to pass on a strong message.

“My thoughts are for the victims and for those still alive.”

Joe’s work has previously been shown at Newcastle Rates Hall, the Laing Art Gallery and Starlings Coffee Shop, previously on Clayton Street in the city centre.

And while he accepts the paintings are challenging, visitors to his previous exhibitions have praised the work.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/01/22/joe-s-haunting-tribute-72703-28035523/#ixzz1BlggIhRW

Newcastle Historian

January 27th, 2011, 05:18 PM

Artists use town’s empty shops as canvas
by Tony Henderson, Evening Chronicle, January 27th 2011

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/jan2011/1/8/faultlines-by-nick-kennedy-is-being-progressively-unveiled-this-week-in-an-empty-shop-window-near-the-entrance-to-the-high-level-bridge-555316358.jpg

POTS of paint at the ready, artists are brightening up a Tyneside town centre.

Gateshead Council has commissioned the local artists to use blank roller shutters, empty shops and other town centre locations as “canvases” for their work.

Called Shop Art, the Government-funded project aims to make use of empty buildings to bring colour and interest to the town centre.

One work – titled Faultlines by Nick Kennedy – is being progressively unveiled this week in an empty shop window near the entrance to the High Level Bridge and will be completed tomorrow.

This work is slowly taking shape over a period of four days as the artist gradually transforms a whitewashed window into an artwork by creating lines on it each day until the design fills the whole window.

Over the coming weeks, eight different works of art will be unveiled throughout Gateshead Town Centre.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/01/27/artists-use-town-s-empty-shops-as-canvas-72703-28065432/#ixzz1CFkcWYjX

BigLebowski

February 6th, 2011, 03:03 PM

As a rule, the tabloid press dont have much time for public money being spent on art...and the Daily Mail are no exception (but extra hysteria points for mentioning Raoul Moat in the headline). See here for their take on the new sculpture at the Silverlink:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1354057/Northumbria-police-force-450-staff--50k-steel-ball-hula-hoop-in.html

Newcastle Historian

February 12th, 2011, 10:09 AM

John Martin Heritage Festival celebrates hero
by Andrew Glover, The Journal, February 12th 2011

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/feb2011/9/0/lesley-silvera-of-the-north-pennines-aonb-partnership-mike-parkin-of-the-haydon-bridge-development-trust-and-eric-wilton-from-the-national-trust-378978693.jpg

A FESTIVAL celebrating the life of Northumberland artist John Martin will take place next month in the surroundings that inspired his early work.

The John Martin Heritage Festival next month will coincide with exhibitions of his work at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle and London’s Tate Britain.

Visitors will be able to enjoy talks by Martin experts and guided walks by archaeologists, geologists and local guides. There will be art, writing and photography workshops and children’s storytelling sessions.

Martin was born in Haydon Bridge in 1789 and grew up in the village. He was inspired by the Northumberland countryside, the emerging mining industry and his family’s strong religious beliefs.

His epic and apocalyptic canvases were celebrated in Victorian Britain.

The show at the Laing Art Gallery will be the first major exhibition of his works for over 30 years and will see many of his paintings brought back to the North East. The pieces will then go on show at the Tate Britain in September.

Ivor Crowther from the Heritage Lottery Fund said: “John Martin was a prolific British artist and his work is still recognised and celebrated today.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/02/12/john-martin-heritage-festival-celebrates-hero-61634-28158841/#ixzz1DjYgtOUe

delicolor

February 13th, 2011, 10:04 PM

Newcastle Historian

February 13th, 2011, 10:13 PM

I can remember in the '70s the Laing Art Gallery was loaned a sculpture which was fixed onto the side of the building facing the BBC. (It is now the main entrance but back then it was a plain wall from the demolition of the old library). It was large, mostly red, made of fibreglass, many limbed, somewhat spideresque and universally loathed. The gallery decided not to exercise its right to buy and it was taken down.

I thought I had a photo of it but I can't find it. Anything up in Skyscraper?

I wonder what happened to it?

We quite recently featured it, on the "General Knowledge" thread . . .

Right - next question . . .

Does anyone remember this (photo below) on display in the City Centre?

1 - What is it?

2 - Any idea what it is supposed to represent?

3 - When was it around? (will accept 'within 5 years'!)

4 - WHERE was this?

(I have split the photo into two photos, to TRY not to give the location away!!)

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/Sculpturea.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/Sculpture.jpg

^^

Some good attempts there! Though with some variations with the dates . . . but all the answers are contained within the 'reveal' below.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%202/Sculpture2.jpg

You can find a link to it on the INDEX thread, under "C" for 'Chewing Gum Sculpture' and "L" for 'Laing Art Gallery'

delicolor

February 13th, 2011, 10:24 PM

Newcastle Historian

February 15th, 2011, 11:32 AM

Thanks for that!

Trouble is, search is next to useless when the whole world turns up. I'll pay more attention to the intra-Forum links.

It looks a bit like a fighter aircraft with the photo split, it is more angular than I remember it to be and possibly even more ugly.

To be honest, though the various 'Search facilities' (thread and forum) can be useful, the INDEX is a useful alternative.

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delicolor

February 15th, 2011, 10:32 PM

Had a look through all my albums but couldn't find the photo of the sculpture that I thought I had. I didn't find anything else to get too excited about from Newcastle either. (Lots from other places but I didn't actually buy a proper camera until I moved away, just used my Dad's Instamatic with really lame results.):(

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Newcastle Historian

March 5th, 2011, 10:08 AM

John Martin exhibition opens at the Laing Art Gallery
by David Whetstone, The Journal, March 5th 2011

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/mar2011/5/8/john-martin-exhibition-being-set-up-by-staff-at-the-laing-art-gallery-in-newcastle-935916589.jpg

A MAJOR exhibition of work by 19th-Century artist John Martin has proved heavy work for gallery workers.

The show opening today at the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle will feature 80 oil paintings, watercolours and prints, including some on loan from Tate Britain, private collections and overseas.

And some of the pictures by the Northumberland-born painter are so heavy that a crane had to be used to get them in place.

The exhibition about John Martin, who grew up in Northumberland in the 1790s and was apprenticed in Newcastle, is the most extensive for 40 years.

Laing curator Julie Milne said: “We are devoting the whole of the first floor to it which is unusual. This is the biggest exhibition we have done, certainly in my time here.”

Some of Martin’s early works, and the ones for which he is least famous, are tiny landscapes. But he is best known for his massive canvases showing Old Testament scenes of doom and destruction.

One of the Laing’s rooms features the three enormous paintings which together are called The Last Judgement. They were painted just before the artist died in 1854 and the following year they went on tour, being shown at one point in the Victoria Rooms on Grey Street, Newcastle.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/03/05/john-martin-exhibition-opens-at-the-laing-art-gallery-61634-28281525/#ixzz1FiLp6HZt

WaywoodSis

March 7th, 2011, 08:07 PM

Sorry if there is a project thread on this already. Thought it would be most relevant here
I was wondering what everyone thinks about Northumberlandia? If you haven’t heard of this project here is the web address:

http://northumberlandia.com/

Personally I really, really like it. Do you think that in ten years it will rival the Angel as an icon of Newcastle/ Tyneside/ North East. Or will it be lumped in with all those other large scale sculpture/ art projects which fail to capture the public imagine and are unable to instil local identity and pride (e.g. b of the bang or what ever its called in Manchester). I think it has the potential to bring an added demention to are art and culture credentials as a region and a city

Newcastle Historian

March 8th, 2011, 12:28 AM

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Interesting website!

This is indeed the correct thread WaywoodSis, and we have covered this project a few times on this thread already, in posts 66, 67, and 78.

Post 78 copied below . . .

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Continuing the topic discussed at Posts 66 and 67 . . .

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=52545141&postcount=66
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=52560991&postcount=67

Work begins on 'Goddess of the North' in Northumberland
BBC Newcastle, Thursday 8th April 2010.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47607000/jpg/_47607922_updatednorthumberlandiadesign.jpg
The planned sculpture will be 400m long and 30m high

WORK is to start on a giant sculpture of a naked woman which is to be carved into the Northumberland landscape.

The "Goddess of the North" will be made from 1.5 million tonnes of earth from the Shotton mine, near Cramlington.

It will stand 34 metres - 10 metres higher than the Angel of the North - and will be 400 metres long.

The sculpture, also knows as Northumberlandia, will form the centrepiece of a 29 hectare public park on the Blagdon Estate.

It is estimated it will take two years to construct and cost £2.5m.

Once developed, it is believed it will be the largest human form to be sculpted into the land, in the world.

It is being jointly funded by Blagdon Estate, who are the landowners, and the Banks Group, who will carry out the construction work. The company is also the developers of the adjacent surface mine.

The sculpture - the shape of a woman lying down, formed from a series of hills - has been designed by artist Charles Jencks, who is best known in the North East for his sculpture outside the Centre for Life in Newcastle.

Mark Dowdall, environment and communities director of The Banks Group, said it was hoped the sculpture would attract an additional 200,000 visitors a year to Northumberland.

He said: "Northumberlandia and the surrounding park will be a wonderful place for local people to visit as well as providing a boost to the regional economy through increasing the numbers of visitors that come to the area to see it for themselves."

He said there would be no fee to visit Northumberlandia but it was likely there would be charges for parking.

The plans to build Northumberlandia prompted opposition from some residents who complained the area did not have the infrastructure, it would distract motorists driving along the nearby A1(M) and was distasteful.

However plans were passed by Northumberland County Council in November 2007.

It is hoped to be open to the public by 2013.

Steve Ellwood

April 1st, 2011, 01:21 PM

I see that there is a Planning Application with NCC for FLOW which is a piece of art that is proposed to be floated in the Tyne at East Quayside, opposite Baltic.

See http://planningapplications.newcastle.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&keyVal=LFZO33BSAP000 - Planning Application Reference 2011/0141/01/DET

The Project have a web site @ http://www.flowmill.org/

FLOW is a floating, self-powered structure based on a traditional ‘Shipmill’. A waterwheel will harness the power of the river Tyne, creating energy to power a number of electro-acoustic musical instruments that combine mechanical automation and digital technology, producing sounds that respond directy to the river.

Building on a long tradition of ancient 'water-organs', FLOW can be thought of as an organ in both the musical and biological sense: an instrument circulating and processing water from the river, analyzing it, and transforming it into energy and sound.

FLOW combines a range of traditional and new technologies to monitor key environmental details, including water temperature, speed, salinity, and pollution. The piece generates its own power, and uses sustainably sourced materials throughout its construction.

newcastlepubs

April 1st, 2011, 08:12 PM

Steve Ellwood

April 2nd, 2011, 06:40 PM

I am about to sound like a complete Philistine here..... but arrrrrgh. Who's paying ? I still remember the tat-fest that was the bamboo bridge.

Can you remember the art installation that entailed floating cars in the Tyne back in June 2006? - called Come Hell Or High Water, quite interesting and photogenic but its purpose went right over my head :ohno:

Artist Michael Pinsky said the work was a comment on congested roads and questioned future transportation needs.

http://www.fototime.com/96B960C58D23402/orig.jpg

http://www.fototime.com/ADB270D5DD89607/orig.jpg

WilfBurnsFan

April 17th, 2011, 10:06 AM

NewcastleStu

April 17th, 2011, 04:33 PM

Does anyone know how come Tiger Tiger have been able to plaster a huge advertisement all over the glass sculpture outside The Gate?Do they have permission for this? And if so, what next? The Millennium Bridge festooned with sharks' heads?

Yeah, I saw that a couple of weeks ago it had a massive 'Koo's day' banner across the glass section. Can't imagine the artist is too pleased! Admittedly, it's not a 'high art' piece but I quite like it and it certainly damages the work by having advertising on it. Would something like this need planning permission?

WilfBurnsFan

April 17th, 2011, 04:36 PM

I've emailed Planning Control about it.

WilfBurnsFan

April 19th, 2011, 02:52 PM

Response from the Council:

Many thank for your email, the contents of which have being duly noted. We are aware that the advertisement has been displayed. Express consent has not been granted for the display of the advertisement and as it is not technically, on premises to which it relates, constitutes a breach of planning controls. We accept your views, and have deemed that the advert is unacceptable in planning terms and should be removed.

The Urban Design team within Development Management seeks to maintain all public art within the city centre. It is therefore within our control as maintaining body to seek the removal of the advertisement and make good any damage caused. However there is as you can imagine legal parameters which must be explored in the first instance, (as well as legal liability to the perpetrators of any environmental crime caused) and as land owner/maintainer our legal teams are currently working to resolve the matter.

I hope this is helpful in anticipation of the matter being resolved in the near future.

NewcastleStu

April 19th, 2011, 06:58 PM

Brilliant, thanks for the update. These bar owners have got a right cheek thinking they can deface anything they like. Utterly inconsiderate.

Newcastle Historian

May 10th, 2011, 06:17 PM

Expensive bill results, after Advert for Koosday at
Tiger Tiger, damages Ellipsis Eclipses Artwork.
by Kim Carmichael, Evening Chronicle, May 10th 2011

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/may2011/7/3/the-ellipsis-eclipses-sculpture-outside-the-leisure-complex-has-been-damaged-by-a-promotional-banner-53944684.jpg

ARTWORK turned into an advertising hoarding by a nightclub will cost thousands to repair after being damaged.

As reported in Thursday’s Chronicle, organisers of the Tyneside club night Koosday were blasted by council chiefs for putting an advertising banner on public artwork outside Newcastle’s Gate complex. Koosday recently moved from its former base at the Madame Koo bar, on Collingwood Street, Newcastle, where it was held every Tuesday.

The event, which attracts thousands of revellers every week, is now held at Tiger Tiger, in the Gate. To promote the change, organisers stuck a poster on the Ellipsis Eclipses sculpture outside the leisure complex.

Ellipsis Eclipses, by American artist Danny Lane, was unveiled in 2005 as part of a collection of artworks funded by Newcastle City Council, One North East and Land Securities, former owners of The Gate. The sculpture is made up of 1,100 delicate components, including hundreds of glass plates. But those hoping to catch a glimpse of the 12-metre work faced disappointment after the large poster was erected several weeks ago, obliterating the view.

Outraged council bosses last week said the Koosday poster had to go and a fter an assessment of the damage caused, fuming council chiefs have said specialist repair work needs to be carried out.

It is likely the bill will run to thousands of pounds.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/05/10/big-bill-after-koosday-ad-damages-artwork-72703-28666476/#ixzz1LxvGLJzU

Kremin

May 10th, 2011, 11:57 PM

And they still win by getting advertising out of it, can we cover Tiger Tiger with posters advertising the Late shows?

NewcastleStu

May 11th, 2011, 08:25 PM

Mr WilfBurnsFan, looks like they will get their comeuppance about the damage to the artwork outside the gate: http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/05/10/big-bill-after-koosday-ad-damages-artwork-72703-28666476/

They're having to pay for the damage. I don't understand why it's still called 'Koosday' even though it isn't at Madame Koo's anymore!

Seamaster

May 12th, 2011, 11:28 AM

Does anyone know how come Tiger Tiger have been able to plaster a huge advertisement all over the glass sculpture outside The Gate? Do they have permission for this? And if so, what next? The Millennium Bridge festooned with sharks' heads?

Surely that's the sort of vandalism the "NE1" characters, permanently huddled round The Gate having a fag, should be all over?

BigLebowski

June 16th, 2011, 08:40 PM

Interesting website!

This is indeed the correct thread WaywoodSis, and we have covered this project a few times on this thread already, in posts 66, 67, and 78.

Post 78 copied below . . .

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Continuing the topic discussed at Posts 66 and 67 . . .

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=52545141&postcount=66
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showpost.php?p=52560991&postcount=67

Work begins on 'Goddess of the North' in Northumberland
BBC Newcastle, Thursday 8th April 2010.

http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/47607000/jpg/_47607922_updatednorthumberlandiadesign.jpg
The planned sculpture will be 400m long and 30m high

WORK is to start on a giant sculpture of a naked woman which is to be carved into the Northumberland landscape.

The "Goddess of the North" will be made from 1.5 million tonnes of earth from the Shotton mine, near Cramlington.

It will stand 34 metres - 10 metres higher than the Angel of the North - and will be 400 metres long.

The sculpture, also knows as Northumberlandia, will form the centrepiece of a 29 hectare public park on the Blagdon Estate.

It is estimated it will take two years to construct and cost £2.5m.

Once developed, it is believed it will be the largest human form to be sculpted into the land, in the world.

It is being jointly funded by Blagdon Estate, who are the landowners, and the Banks Group, who will carry out the construction work. The company is also the developers of the adjacent surface mine.

The sculpture - the shape of a woman lying down, formed from a series of hills - has been designed by artist Charles Jencks, who is best known in the North East for his sculpture outside the Centre for Life in Newcastle.

Mark Dowdall, environment and communities director of The Banks Group, said it was hoped the sculpture would attract an additional 200,000 visitors a year to Northumberland.

He said: "Northumberlandia and the surrounding park will be a wonderful place for local people to visit as well as providing a boost to the regional economy through increasing the numbers of visitors that come to the area to see it for themselves."

He said there would be no fee to visit Northumberlandia but it was likely there would be charges for parking.

The plans to build Northumberlandia prompted opposition from some residents who complained the area did not have the infrastructure, it would distract motorists driving along the nearby A1(M) and was distasteful.

However plans were passed by Northumberland County Council in November 2007.

It is hoped to be open to the public by 2013.An interesting piece in today's Mail on the Northumberlandia project near Cramlington, with some excellent aerial photos of work-in-progress.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2004063/How-Charles-Jencks-turning-wasteland-Northumberlandia.html

Unusually positive article considering it contains two of the paper's most hated bete-noires: Modern art and Northerners.

bigchrisfgb

June 16th, 2011, 08:57 PM

It's some way off the A19, I'm not sure it will be visible to drivers along the A19, certainly not south bound traffic.

Deebex

June 16th, 2011, 09:27 PM

Unusually positive article considering it contains two of the paper's most hated bete-noires: Modern art and Northerners.

But it also involves a couple of their favourites i.e. big business (Banks Mining) and an aristocrat.

Though to be honest, that comment's a bit mean minded. The open cast mining proposal would probably have gained planning permission without the land sculpture. So credit to Banks for having a go at doing something beyond the typical farmland/woodland/cycle-path restoration scheme.

GBDT

June 17th, 2011, 12:52 AM

It's some way off the A19, I'm not sure it will be visible to drivers along the A19, certainly not south bound traffic.

Nowhere near the A19! A1 yes - but beware of rubber neckers!
:lol:

Cheers
GBDT

Newcastle Historian

June 17th, 2011, 04:03 AM

^^

Re Northumberlandia, also known as The Goddess of the North.

I have left the above four posts on this subject over on the Cramlington - Developments thread (where they were made) but have also COPIED them over here into this 'Newcastle Art' thread, as this is where all the previous discussions on this subject have taken place.

Steve Ellwood

June 17th, 2011, 04:08 AM

Nowhere near the A19! A1 yes - but beware of rubber neckers!
:lol:

Cheers
GBDT

I'm sure I read a piece when this was first muted that the ideal/best view will be by passengers using Newcastle Airport :)

GBDT

June 18th, 2011, 11:37 AM

I'm sure I read a piece when this was first muted that the ideal/best view will be by passengers using Newcastle Airport :)

All you'll see from any road is a small hill, not a piece of artwork! The only place to see it properly is from a plane. Unlees they have a hot air balloon moored there! :)

Cheers
GBDT

Newcastle Historian

July 13th, 2011, 10:45 AM

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Johnnypd mentioned WILLIAM BELL SCOTT in one of the first posts on this 'Newcastle Art' thread, and indeed one of the earliest posts on our Forum!

William Bell Scott - Iron & Coal:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/William_Bell_Scott_-_Iron_and_Coal.jpg

Above posted again, because we now have . . .

Wallington Hall celebrates William Bell Scott
birthday, with new exhibition
by Tony Henderson, The Journal, July 13th 2011

FLOATING off to sleep would be the name of the game when it comes to one of an array of new artworks at a Northumberland mansion.

Artist Carl von Weiler’s garden pond bed is at the National Trust’s Wallington property in Northumberland.

Carl is one of 18 artists drawn to Wallington on unfinished business.

The property is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of William Bell Scott, the 19th-Century poet, writer, artist and teacher, with a new art exhibition – entitled Unfinished Business.

At the invitation of Wallington’s mistress Pauline Trevelyan, William Bell Scott painted a series of works in the mansion’s central hall, depicting scenes from North East history.

But Scott’s wider plans for the hall, helped by other artists, remained unfinished.

Now, under the direction of Northumbria University artist-curator Chris Dorsett and the project management of Gillian Mason, visitor experience manager at Wallington, the new exhibition takes inspiration from Scott.

After the exhibition opens on Saturday the contents will not remain static – artworks will be introduced and removed throughout the following months.

The title of the exhibition comes from Adam Hogarth, who plans to plant flowers spelling the words “unfinished business” along the main public pathway to the house.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/07/13/wallington-hall-celebrates-william-bell-scott-birthday-with-new-exhibition-61634-29042310/#ixzz1RyNl9T1V

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Newcastle Historian

August 11th, 2011, 10:54 AM

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We have been following the development of this project in previous posts on this thread . . .

"Northumberlandia" - Sculpture now taking shape
by David Black, The Journal, August 11th 2011

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/aug2011/3/2/northumberlandia-242536508.jpg

RISING from the earth and gazing towards the clouds, an iconic and unique piece of artwork is slowly making its massive presence felt in the Northumberland landscape near Cramlington.

Fashioned from 1.5 million tonnes of soil and clay, the huge Northumberlandia earth sculpture will eventually be the world’s biggest-ever sculpted human form.

Almost 18 months after work started on the £2.5m creation, her features are gradually becoming more recognisable to passers-by.

Train passengers, motorists and walkers are now able to discern the sculpture’s emerging face and bodily form as the bulldozers and excavators continue their task of bringing her to life.

Northumberlandia – which has been dubbed the Goddess of the North – is a landform depicting a naked, reclining female. The sculpture is the brainchild of renowned American landscape architect and artist Charles Jencks, and is being created from materials excavated as part of the Shotton opencast coal mine at Shotton near Cramlington.

Read More (Two Pages) - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/08/11/northumberlandia-sculpture-taking-shape-near-cramlington-61634-29215915/#ixzz1Uhzda6yU

Newcastle Historian

August 11th, 2011, 07:51 PM

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Further to ^^

A larger photo, from the Evening Chronicle of 11th August 2011 . .
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/Northumberlandia.jpg

Newcastle Historian

August 29th, 2011, 10:27 AM

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An interesting 'twist' on NEWCASTLE ART . . .

Papergirl artwork handed out to Newcastle public
by Ruth Lawson, The Journal, August 29th 2011

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nejournal/aug2011/6/7/papergirl-541158365.jpg

A NEWSPAPER round with a difference saw hundreds of pieces of artwork handed out to unsuspecting passers-by.

Cyclists armed with bags full of rolled up pieces of art weaved their way through the streets of Newcastle and Gateshead to distribute the work to anyone that wanted it.

Around 20 volunteers gave up their Saturday afternoon to mount their bikes to complete the final phase of the Papergirl project.

Organised by Carl Rosati, of Heaton, Newcastle, the event took inspiration from a craze that was started in Germany by a Berlin student.

Last month Carl put a call out to artists to send multiple pieces of art to him and in just a few weeks he received more than 400 pieces.

He then exhibited the collection, which showcased both budding local artists and nationally established names, with the final stage seeing all the work rolled up and given out for free by the team of cyclists this weekend.

The route was kept a secret in a bid to make the distribution process as random as possible and was only mapped out on the morning of the paper round.

The team started at the Settle Down Cafe in Newcastle, before cycling along both Newcastle and Gateshead Quayside, through the Ouseburn, into Byker and finishing at art shop Hey, Baby Chief Panda on Heaton Road.

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2011/08/29/papergirl-artwork-handed-out-to-newcastle-public-61634-29319808/#ixzz1WP85zxMf

Newcastle Historian

August 30th, 2011, 09:34 PM

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Evening Chronicle, Tuesday 30th August 2011 . .
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/30Aug2011_0001.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/30Aug2011_0002.jpg

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/08/30/newcastle-artist-s-work-shown-in-atlantic-city-72703-29327533/

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Newcastle Historian

September 5th, 2011, 02:04 PM

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Couldn't think where to post this, about the "Shoulder to Shoulder" sculpture, but I suppose it is/was a piece of "Newcastle Art" . . .

Newcastle Lego Men sculptures for sale on eBay
by Tom Mullen, Evening Chronicle, September 5th 2011

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/sep2011/9/3/newcastle-lego-men-945186963.jpg

LOVED and loathed in equal measure, Newcastle’s controversial Lego Men sculptures cost more than a quarter of a million pounds of public cash - and now they’re up for grabs on eBay.

Once standing by the South Africa War Memorial in Haymarket in Newcastle city centre, the £270,000 models have been at the centre of a decade-long debacle. They were designed as a feature that doubled up as a water fountain and a road safety barrier.

The publicly-funded artwork eventually came down in 2008, and since then has remained forgotten and Newcastle City Council was desperate to find a new home for the figures, but no-one wanted them and the previous Liberal Democrat-led council was out of ideas.

Now Nick Forbes, leader of the Labour-controlled authority, has devised a plan to bring the sorry saga to an end – by selling them to people on eBay.

Coun Forbes said: “Although they were a controversial piece of art, there were a lot of people who liked them. “I want to know if members of the public are interested in buying the sculptures. “We think this is an original and low-cost solution.”

Coun Forbes said he wants to “test the water” by putting just one of the sculptures up for auction on the website first.

It is hoped the Lego Men will ultimately find loving homes around the region, a fitting conclusion for the artwork, which is officially named Shoulder-to-Shoulder.

However, the artist who dreamed up and made the Lego Men in 1999 has expressed his disappointment at the council’s plans.

Cambridge-educated sculptor and portrait artist Ray Smith, 62, said: “I can’t feel enthusiastic about this to be honest. The idea of putting them up on eBay, it does seem an extraordinary thing to do.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/09/05/newcastle-lego-men-sculptures-for-sale-on-ebay-72703-29365714/#ixzz1X4vYmwqu

Steve Ellwood

September 5th, 2011, 02:16 PM

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Couldn't think where to post this, about the "Shoulder to Shoulder" sculpture, but I suppose it is/was a piece of "Newcastle Art" . . .

Newcastle Lego Men sculptures for sale on eBay
by Tom Mullen, Evening Chronicle, September 5th 2011

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I hadn't realised until recently that these are based on Roman Soldiers holding spears - you live and learn :)

anonymous1

September 5th, 2011, 02:54 PM

Here's the ebay listing

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shoulder-Shoulder-Ray-Smith-Artwork-1-x-legoman-/320753629947?pt=UK_art_Sculpture_GL&hash=item4aae67fafb#ht_500wt_1156

Could be a bargain.

Steve Ellwood

September 5th, 2011, 02:57 PM

Here's the ebay listing

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Shoulder-Shoulder-Ray-Smith-Artwork-1-x-legoman-/320753629947?pt=UK_art_Sculpture_GL&hash=item4aae67fafb#ht_500wt_1156

Could be a bargain.

£100 delivery :ohno:

Al Reetson

September 5th, 2011, 07:41 PM

I see the 'Lego Men' are being flogged off on eBay:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/320753629947#ht_504wt_936

EDIT - Al, there were already a few posts about this on this thread ('Newcastle Art') so I have moved your post here to join them!! - NH.

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alf stone

September 5th, 2011, 10:38 PM

Not sure if this is the right thread but do you want to own one of these?

http://i450.photobucket.com/albums/qq226/anthonywd/skyscraper/newcastle-lego-men-945186963.jpg

See the Chronic:

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/09/05/newcastle-lego-men-sculptures-for-sale-on-ebay-72703-29365714/

EDIT - Alf, there were already a few posts about this on this thread ('Newcastle Art') so I have moved your post here to join them, and have also sent you a PM! - NH.

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newcastlepubs

September 6th, 2011, 12:33 AM

Bids are rolling in too !

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6117661565_b6376cfccf_z.jpg

Al Reetson

September 6th, 2011, 02:17 AM

They're being carefully stored quite near to where I live. The gate was wide open so I wandered in and took some pics earlier this year:

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/legotemps3.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/legotemps2.jpg

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/legotemps1.jpg

WilfBurnsFan

September 6th, 2011, 12:07 PM

Lego men for sale. No pushing at the back, there.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-14796080

Ah. Originally posted this in Skybar and didn't see the above posts!

Newcastle Historian

September 6th, 2011, 03:41 PM

Your chance to WIN one of the Lego Man statues
by Tom Mullen, Evening Chronicle, September 6th 2011

http://images.icnetwork.co.uk/upl/nechronical/sep2011/6/1/lego-men-form-part-of-a-defensive-wall-on-a-football-pitch-526075762.jpg
Lego Men form part of a defensive wall on a football pitch

SO what would you do if you won your very own Lego Man? You could use it to practice free-kicks around, or maybe put in on an allotment to scare the crows. Perhaps you’d keep it as an ornament, add it to your collection of garden gnomes, or set up a novelty hat stand in your hall.

The Chronicle is offering you the chance to own a piece of modern Tyneside history.

Newcastle City Council is trying to shift the £270,000 publicly-funded artwork, which stood at Haymarket for nine years before falling out of favour. Some loved the sculpture, some loathed it, but one way or another the bidding has begun in the race to offer the figures a new home.

However, one lucky Chronicle reader needn’t spend a penny to own a part of the exhibit. We have one Lego Man to give away to the winner of our competition, with the council pledging to deliver the piece for free.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/WinaLEGOMAN_0002.jpg

To win a Lego Man, write or e-mail and let us know what you would do with it, and the most imaginative suggestion by 5pm on Friday will win.

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/WinaLEGOMAN_0001.jpg

Write to Tom Mullen,
Evening Chronicle Lego Men Competition,
NCJ Media,
Groat Market,
Newcastle Upon Tyne,
NE1 1ED.

Or e-mail : tom.mullen@ncjmedia.co.uk.

The editor’s decision is final.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/09/06/your-chance-to-win-one-of-lego-man-statues-72703-29370869/#ixzz1XB7B0umh

anonymous1

September 8th, 2011, 12:47 AM

The one on ebay is at £1030 but still has a week left. If they sold them all for, say, £1500 each they'd make £64,000 (not including the one from the Chronicle competition) which isn't bad really, rather than them just lying on some council land.

Someone cocked up on the ebay listing. I don't believe the base is 2.35mm thick. I also like the question where someone says they want both a left and right hand one.

Steve Ellwood

September 8th, 2011, 09:30 AM

Visions of someone winning one and then the Council coming along afterwards and with their Health and Safety Hat on saying, "input of breath - you can't put that there, its more than my jobs worth" :ohno:

Touches of the Pressure Testing that all grave stones are subject to spring to mind as well, i.e. single standing stone.

battlefieldjohn

September 8th, 2011, 09:58 AM

I reckon with a bit of thought you could make one yourself for less than £200.

Newcastle Historian

September 8th, 2011, 11:19 AM

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Now 'Wor Greg' is getting involved (Evening Chronicle 7th September 2011) . .
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/8thSept2011_0003.jpg

anonymous1

September 8th, 2011, 01:14 PM

So what is Greg's alternative? Apart from his own 'PR gimmick and self-publicity' of getting into the newspaper, what is the point of that article?

"We had always maintained they could be relocated along the Hadrian's Way [...] cycle path" So why weren't they? If the pledge of 2007 was to get rid of them, you had 4 years to do something with them.

I hate politics. If he had had the idea of putting them on ebay when he had the chance he'd be saying it's an amazing idea (but of course still mention the 'error of [Labour's] ways'.

WilfBurnsFan

September 13th, 2011, 06:51 PM

The artist Richard Hamilton has died. He was Professor of Fine Arts at Newcastle University (where he taught Brian Ferry, among others) for many years, not that you'd think so from this typically shallow, metrocentric piece from the BBC website:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14901992

Steve Ellwood

September 15th, 2011, 01:30 PM

Bids are rolling in too !

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6068/6117661565_b6376cfccf_z.jpg

I see it went for £1,254.00 - plus £100 delivery of course.

Also see that the one being offered by Newcastle Evening Chronicle in a competition was won by a lady from Chester le Street who is going to decorate it as Alan Shearer.

Lego Men prize for Chester-le-Street woman
by Tom Mullen, Evening Chronicle Sep 14 2011

WINCHED into her garden by special delivery, proud Laura Taylor receives her very own Lego Man.

Laura, a fanatical Newcastle United supporter, won the sculpture after entering the Chronicle’s competition.

We reported last week how the unloved artwork, which once stood proudly at Haymarket in Newcastle, was put up for sale by the city council on eBay.

And thanks to the council we got our hands on one of the figures to give to the lucky winner who could think of the best idea for what to do with it.

Scores of you wrote in with a range of madcap suggestions, from dressing the sculpture up as a butler to putting it on display in Kazakhstan.

But Laura’s suggestion scooped the prize – after she pledged to turn it into a statue tribute to Toon legend Alan Shearer.

Read More http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/09/14/lego-men-prize-for-chester-le-street-woman-72703-29419114/#ixzz1Y1Hu3BSx

Newcastle Historian

September 16th, 2011, 11:34 AM

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Some other "Lego Men" PHOTOS, that I have accumulated during the recent -eBay auction and Evening Chronicle competition articles.

I don't think they have been posted before . . .

http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/Legoman3.jpg http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/Legoman2.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/Legoman4.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/Legoman5.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/Legoman1.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/MiscLegoMen-PHOTOS_0001.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/MiscLegoMen-PHOTOS_0003.jpg
http://i698.photobucket.com/albums/vv345/manorpark_photos/Newcastle%203/MiscLegoMen-PHOTOS_0002.jpg

I have never really been a 'fan' of the 'Shoulder to Shoulder' Sculpture, but I have found it interesting to see what has been happening recently!

I did not bid for the eBay Lego Man, but I nearly entered the Chronicle competition to win one. There is a spot at the bottom of our garden where it would have looked quite good - I was told by Mrs H . . .

Steve Ellwood

September 16th, 2011, 11:45 AM

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Some other "Lego Men" PHOTOS, that I have accumulated during the recent -eBay auction and Evening Chronicle competition articles.

I don't think they have been posted before . . .

I have never really been a 'fan' of the 'Shoulder to Shoulder' Sculpture, but I have found it interesting to see what has been happening recently!

I did not bid for the eBay Lego Man, but I nearly entered the Chronicle competition to win one. There is a spot at the bottom of our garden where it would have looked quite good - I was told by Mrs H . . .

I wonder what happened to the spears that separated the figures - scrapyard?

http://www.fototime.com/AFE405E005AC77E/orig.jpg

Al Reetson

September 16th, 2011, 04:04 PM

Newcastle Historian

September 16th, 2011, 04:38 PM

I wonder how many people on here are aware that the late Richard Hamilton - the 'father' of Pop-Art and inspiration to Andy Warhol - lived and taught in Newcastle for several years?

Hamilton died last week and one of his pupils at Newcastle University was Bryan Ferry, who talks a little about him here (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-14916357).

WilBurnsFan mentioned it earlier in the thread, but that is a very interesting link (to the BBC) that you have found.

The other 'obituary' by the BBC, seemed to omit any mention of his time here.

Newcastle Historian

October 13th, 2011, 02:34 PM

Call to revamp £1.6m Newcastle Artwork, left in disrepair
by Ruth Lawson, Evening Chronicle, October 13th 2011

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CALLS were made today for a £1.6m artwork to be improved.

The Blue Carpet, outside the Laing Art Gallery in Newcastle comprises 250,000 hand-made glass tiles.

It has attracted controversy since the idea was first conceived in 1996.

Soaring costs and technical problems caused issues for the project which was due to be completed in 1999, but wasn’t officially opened until three years later.

Recently, it has fallen into a state of disrepair and has now become a target for vandals.

The most recent incident came on October 5, when thousands of pounds worth of bronze metal plating was stolen by thieves.

Martin Callanan, the region’s Tory MEP and leader of the group in the European Parliament, today said the time has come for Newcastle City Council to cut their losses on a project.

He said: “Newcastle City Council seem to be making a habit of these art disasters, first there was the Lego Men at Haymarket, which I believe ended up in a storage yard somewhere, and then the Blue Carpet.

“I hope the council will think very carefully before they squander yet more piles of taxpayers money on these things.”

The council today defended the artwork and said it regularly spends money repairing it.

Read More (Two Pages) - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/10/13/call-to-revamp-1-6m-artwork-left-in-disrepair-72703-29589477/#ixzz1afGAMnL6

Newcastle Historian

October 20th, 2011, 03:22 PM

Fenham school discovers historic Newcastle art treasures
by Dan Robinson, Evening Chronicle, October 20th 2011

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FROM people queuing for bread, to soldiers waiting for a train - these long-lost sketches give a fascinating glimpse into Tyneside's past.

The art department at St Cuthbert’s RC High School, Fenham, Newcastle was moving buildings when they came across the forgotten treasures, and no one knows who did them.

The scenes of social history are thought to be over 60 years old and include a group of people listening to a transmitter radio, bread queues and soldiers waiting for a train at Newcastle Central Station.

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Now the school is appealing for families of former students to try to identify the faces behind the illustrations.

Read More - http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2011/10/20/fenham-school-discovers-lost-art-treasures-72703-29629801/#ixzz1bKNhmXLz

Newcastle Historian

November 14th, 2011, 10:23 AM

Second World War images inspire architect Joe Gellert
James Moore, Sunday Sun, November 13th 2011

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HAUNTING images of the Second World War have cast their shadows over the life of architect Joe Gellert. One was his father’s home city of Dresden, the other was the gates of Auschwitz. As Jews in 1930s Germany, the Gellerts were rounded up and murdered in the death camp.

His grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins – all died at the hands of the Nazis. There were almost no survivors but amazingly his father walked free after being ransomed by a cousin who had fled to South Africa.

His home City of Dresden was flattened by British bombers, but pictures of the original historic town survived and these inspired Mr Gellert, years later, to chronicle Newcastle’s buildings by painting them in watercolours.

His son’s imagination was fired by images of the German city and he decided then and there to become an architect, but the Dresden images also gave him an interest in art.

“He thought, ‘one of these days I will create a full set of drawings for Newcastle like this guy did for Dresden’.” After retiring three years ago, he finally found time to spend on the project – reproducing Newcastle’s oldest buildings on canvas.

From Grey Street to the Quayside and the High Level Bridge, the 70-year-old is chronicling architectural history, one building at a time. His work is even on display at Council offices in the Civic Centre.

Mr Gellert said: “I think the architecture is fantastic here – I mean, Grey Street is unique. “To actually build on a curve that is going up a hill takes some doing.”

Read More - http://www.sundaysun.co.uk/news/north-east-news/2011/11/13/second-world-war-images-inspire-architect-joe-gellert-79310-29765947/

Newcastle Historian

December 7th, 2011, 06:29 PM

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The Journal, Wednesday 7th December 2011 . .
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Steve Ellwood

December 31st, 2011, 11:28 PM

Adrian_Swall

January 1st, 2012, 10:49 AM

^^

£1000 for huge amount of publicity is good value for them.

The advertising was bespoke to fit the artwork so someone must have known.
Must have taken some effort to attach this 30 foot up so how come NCC didn't notice or the NE1 rangers?
Where is the Tiger Tiger management in all this?

Fine should have been a lot more.

Newcastle Historian

February 4th, 2012, 10:40 AM

Tyneside silhouettist inspired by family success
by Alastair Craig, The Journal, February 4th 2012

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Silhouette artist Mark Conlin of Tynemouth who is to work at the Alnwick Garden

ARTIST Mark Conlin’s inspiration lies hundreds of feet up on the Tyneside skyline. His grandfather’s work is seen by thousands every day, gazing to the rooftops at Newcastle’s famous Seahorses watching over the city.

Mark observed his grandfather work with a hammer and chisel as part of the sculpting team which created the huge Seahorse sculptures which top Newcastle Civic Centre. Now an artist in his own right, the 41-year-old is making his own waves in the creative world as a ‘silhouettist’.

Mark, from Tynemouth, believes he is one of fewer than 30 people in the world crafting work in the ancient French tradition using black paper cut-outs, and the father-of-three is due to show his work in Alnwick Gardens at Easter. He will be available to garden visitors who wish to commission a unique family portrait crafted using only black paper and a pair of scissors.

Mark said: “My grandfather was always a great inspiration. He worked for Newcastle University and helped to create sculptures in historic buildings and churches all over Newcastle. I studied art at Newcastle College on Rye Hill and then went to Northumbria University to do a BA Hons in Creative Arts."

“I also work part-time as a graphic facilitator and creative media producer at Skills for People in Jesmond, a charity who work with disabled people in the North East. It really inspired me and the art of silhouettes is a beautiful format. It’s very rare these days and I believe I’m probably one of only about 30 people still doing it anywhere in the world.”

Read More - http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2012/02/04/tyneside-silhouettist-inspired-by-family-success-61634-30263675/#ixzz1lP8Guoj0

AND - here are the 'Seahorses', when previously discussed here on the Forum . . .

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What are these, and where can they be seen now?

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They're Seahorses on top of the civic centre.

Correct, and here they are in situ . . .

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The seahorse heads on top of the vertical fins projecting from the carillon tower of the Civic Centre. The seahorse heads were designed by J.R. McCheyne.
Photos courtesy of Newcastle City/City Libraries PHOTOSTREAM - http://www.flickr.com/photos/newcastlelibraries/