Royal Quays, 'Tyne Anew'

HER Number

11182

District

N Tyneside

Site Name

Royal Quays, 'Tyne Anew'

Place

North Shields

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

1999 by Mark Di Suvero. A bright orange-red steel sculpture 21m high. Three legs form a tripod, with two beams in a 'V' shape and a figure-of-eight section on top, which moves in the wind. Known as 'the tripod of the north'. Resembles a shipyard crane with a compass point on top. It was the first commission in the UK for the New York based artist.

Easting

435420

Northing

566940

Grid Reference

NZ435420566940

Sources

Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 162-3; T. Osterwold, 1988, Mark Di Suvero exhibition catalogue, Stuttgart; The Journal 30 July 1999; North Shields News Guardian 17 June 1999; North Tyneside Arts Press Release, July 1999; Independent on Sunday 1 August 1999; Independent 19 June 1999; The Journal 24 June 1999