Bowes Railway Path, 'West Wind'

HER Number

11041

District

Gateshead

Site Name

Bowes Railway Path, 'West Wind'

Place

Kibblesworth

Map Sheet

NZ36NW

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Sculpture

Site Type: Specific

Sculpture

General Period

20TH CENTURY

Specific Period

Late 20th Century 1967 to 2000

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

1996 by Laurent Reynes. A sculpture of 20 pairs of steel beams, filled with concrete and with blue ceramic inlay, and set vertically in the ground at different angles. The piece was commissioned as part of Gateshead's 'Four Seasons' programme for the 1996 Year of Visual Arts UK. It was inspired by the artist's visit to the site on a windy day. Commissioned by Gateshead MBC.

Easting

423700

Northing

556300

Grid Reference

NZ423700556300

Sources

Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North-East England, p 80-81