'Angel of the South' sculptures revealed!

[5t3IIa]

I think the point is that the White Horse is some quite ancient symbol of the South of Englang. Something connected to this

which it could be argued is pointless too, but isn't it glorious?

 

[Brainaddict]

I think the point is that the White Horse is some quite ancient symbol of the South of Englang. Something connected to this

which it could be argued is pointless too, but isn't it glorious?

It is glorious. It is an old and beautiful form of art, organically altered and improved over centuries, with the added effects of natural erosion/encroachment over time.

But here's the thing: it's not just a big horse. There's a difference, see?

*sigh*

I need to go and do some work.

 

[5t3IIa]

It is glorious. It is an old and beautiful form of art, organically altered and improved over centuries, with the added effects of natural erosion/encroachment over time.

But here's the thing: it's not just a big horse. There's a difference, see?

*sigh*

I need to go and do some work.

*cough* patroniser *cough*

 

[Bahnhof Strasse]

I think the point is that the White Horse is some quite ancient symbol of the South of Englang. Something connected to this

which it could be argued is pointless too, but isn't it glorious?

The Uffington horse is ancient and the styalisation makes it a stunning thing.

The thing they're gonna throw up in Ebbsfleet is just a big horse standing in a field, near some pylons, looking bored.

 

[tarannau]

And what bloody relevance does a big white horse hold for today's Britain?

Is it meant to be some cleverly subverted ploy to foist England's 'white beauty' onto an unsuspecting South.

 

[DotCommunist]

The Uffington horse is ancient and the styalisation makes it a stunning thing.

The thing they're gonna throw up in Ebbsfleet is just a big horse standing in a field, near some pylons, looking bored.

It echoes the banality of the Milton Keynes concrete cows.

 

[Fruitloop]

I fucking hate that wing-dish thing.

 

[Brainaddict]

*cough* patroniser *cough*

Sorry, I wasn't really talking to you - more addressing the artist and the universe in general.

 

[teuchter]

It's a bit rubbish really. They should have given the commission to richard serra or thomas heatherwick or anish kapoor or just anyone that's any good.

 

[_angel_]

Unsurprisingly, they're all dreadful. None have any plausible connection to the place or say anything beyond the utterly banal. Aside from the horse and the death ray, they're all actually ugly (you know, not pleasing to the eye). This is, of course, part of the postmodern attempt to "re-educate" the public into switching our natural preference for the elegant and harmonious to the grotesque and discordant.

The wing and satellite dish has echoes of Fascist iconography.

The horse is a totally pointless example of contextless naturalism, having neither symbolic nor literal meaning. It says, "Horse". Nothing more, nothing less. You might as well build an inland lighthouse.

The polyhedra tower and Ms Whiteread's feeble and derivative attempt are simply beneath contempt. I wish someone would build a cast around Ms Whiteread and tip it into the Thames.

Now the Thiepval Memorial on the other hand is one of my favourite buildings. Dignified, extremely restrained, solid. It stands as an undeniable foot in the earth, both marking and making the place and giving focus and a centre of gravity to the cemetery around it.

Bring back Lutyens, from the dead if necessary. His country needs him.

We don't need an "Angel of the South" anyway. We need a better reason for throwing up a structure than the simple fact that the Northerners have got one.

Oh dear- someone a bit peeved the North got there first eh?

I'm not totally convinced by any of them, though.

 

[bi0boy]

Why's it got a bridle on it FFS?

It should be tossing it's free-flowing mane in the wind.

 

[Fruitloop]

I'd have warmed to it slightly if it had an enormous cock.

 

[Yossarian]

It echoes the banality of the Milton Keynes concrete cows.

It looks like something that should be standing by the roadside in some 'Children of the Corn' part of the US, not in a field in Kent.

 

[THINK!]

For me , it's got to be the White Horse, the best one out the choices, but also the association with Kent (being its traditional symbol), but it does just look like a kiddies toy-horse blown up big at the moment. Needs mor developing, like the Angel did.

yep, you're right, it should be rearing up, rather than just standing there looking like he just waiting for us to go so he can get back to eating.

 

[cybertect]

Another missed opportunity

 

[free spirit]

Angel of the North
vs
Horse of the South

may I be the several millionth northerner to say hahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaha

 

[blossie33]

Yes, I like the horse but the angel is definitely more striking!

I have actually met the artists of both sculptures on different occasions as they had exhibitions at a contemporary art gallery I worked in some years ago

 

[behemoth]

I like the big horse.

Looks more like a seaside donkey than the Invicta horse. Apparently the way it is positioned means anyone driving into London will get a lovely view of its arse. Quite appropriate perhaps? Wonder if he will be anatomically correct.

 

[DotCommunist]

Angel of the North
vs
Horse of the South

may I be the several millionth northerner to say hahahahaahahahahahahahahahahaha

pah, keep your angel, we've got economic prosperity and better accents

 

[tarannau]

Yes, I like the horse but the angel is definitely more striking!

I have actually met the artists of both sculptures on different occasions as they had exhibitions at a contemporary art gallery I worked in some years ago

Is it only me who finds the Angel a bit meh. I know there's not much to do around Gateshead, but it's a bit inoffensive and underwhelming really.

I suppose at least the white horse is much larger. I just don't think anything down, short of a giant pair of fingers flicking the v, would attract as much attention or local pride down here.

 

[Refused as fuck]

That's because you're all shit, tarannau.

 

[In Bloom]

Haha, Southerner fail.

 

[cesare]

It's gonna be murder to keep clean.

 

[Refused as fuck]

Very obviously it's a blank slate for you all to scribble across.

I wonder how long that will take.

 

[tarannau]

Graffitihorse would be much cooler

 

[cesare]

Very obviously it's a blank slate for you all to scribble across.

I wonder how long that will take.

They'll need to put it in a paddock with an electrified fence to keep off the graf artists

 

[Refused as fuck]

Now that's what I call sophistication.

Nothing you can do will beat the giant Toon shirt with the number 9 on the back hoisted upon the angel.

 

[blossie33]

Is it only me who finds the Angel a bit meh. I know there's not much to do around Gateshead, but it's a bit inoffensive and underwhelming really.

I suppose at least the white horse is much larger. I just don't think anything down, short of a giant pair of fingers flicking the v, would attract as much attention or local pride down here.

I must admit I have never seen the Angel 'in situ' but other people have told me it looks good. I love Gormley's Iron Man in Birmingham.

 

[ovaltina]

I'd go for the horse if they fit a hifi and have this playing on a loop:

Laid Back
"White horse"
(Tim Stahl/John Guldberg)

If you wanna ride
Don´t ride the white horse
If you wanna ride
Don´t ride the white horse
White horse
Don´t ride the white horse
White horse
Don´t ride the white horse.

If you wanna be rich
You got to be a bitch
You got to be a bitch
I said rich, rich you bitch

If you wanna ride
Ride the white pony
Ride, ride the white pony
White pony, white pony

 

[zenie]

I must admit I have never seen the Angel 'in situ' but other people have told me it looks good.

I've only seen it from windows on trains

I can't wait for this to be built, when does it start?