Angel of the North - Definition and Overview

The Angel of the North

The Angel of the North is a piece of modern sculpture by Anthony Gormley, which after several attempts to locate it elsewhere was erected in Gateshead, UK. As the name suggests, it is a steel sculpture of an angel, standing 20 metres tall, with wings 54 metres. It stands on a hill overlooking the A1 road into Tyneside and the East Coast Main Line rail route.

Construction work on the Angel was finished in February 1998. The Angel of the North aroused some controversy locally and in the British newspapers not least of all because of alleged similarities to Nazi symbols (Gateshead is a town with one of the largest Orthodox Jewish populations in the UK). The statue is now considered a landmark for the North East of England.

See also

• Angel of the South
• Solar Pyramid