Public art walks in Tyne and Wear Nine easy routes in Newcastle,Gateshead, Sunderland,North Tyneside & South Tyneside. Art Galleries and Museums The North East of England has developed an MAP 1 MAP 4 acclaimed reputation for combining world class a VANE Contemporary Art j Workplace culture with regeneration, and public art now 0191 261 8281 www.workplacegallery.co.uk plays an important role within our public www.vane.org.uk b Waygood Gallery buildings and spaces in Tyne and Wear. 0191 265 6857 MAP 5 www.waygood.org k Northern Gallery For Contemporary Art There are 9 maps to help you explore public art 0191 514 1235 across Tyne and Wear, discover great museums, MAP 2 www.ngca.co.uk c Globe City l Sunderland Museum and new art galleries and see how artists have 0191 2221666 Winter Garden contributed to the area from Victorian statues www.globegallery.org www.twmuseums.org. d Laing Art Gallery uk/sunderland/ to contemporary art. 0191 232 7734 www.twmuseums.org.uk/laing MAP 6 The TyneWear Partnership champions economic e University Gallery 0191 227 4424 m National Glass Centre development, regeneration and culture. By 2023 we want online.northumbria. 0191 515 5555 to be one of Europe’s fastest growing Metropolitan areas ac.uk/gallery/ www.nationalglasscentre.com f Hatton Gallery driving the economic and cultural life of the North East. 0191 222 6059 MAP 7 We would like everyone in Tyne and Wear to share this www.ncl.ac.uk/hatton/ n Customs House vision. www.tynewearpartnership.org 0191 454 1234 MAP 3 www.customshouse.co.uk To find out more about public art in the North East of g Side gallery 0191 2322208 MAP 9 England please visit www.commissionsnorth.org www.amber-online.com o Globe Hub h Baltic Centre for 0191 2592614 Contemporary Art www.globegallery.org 0191 478 1810 www.visitsunderland.com www.balticmill.com www.visitnewcastlegateshead.com i The Sage Gateshead www.gateshead.gov.uk 0191 443 4661 www.visitsouthtyneside.co.uk www.thesagegateshead.com www.visitnorthtyneside.com www.visitnorthumbria.com Eldon Square 15 GALLOWGATE 13 9 Newcastle Grainger Town NEWGATE STRE 14 11 Chinatown 12 16 This route is approximately 1.75 miles and flat. The Grainger Theatre Gate Market 17 Royal 10 NUN ST Grainger Town GREY STREET STOWELL STREET b 1 BATH LANE Bigg 1 Vulcan – Sir Eduardo Paolozzi 5 Grainger Town Map – Market 14 Head Cubes – Simon Watkinson 8 CLAYTON STREET (2000) bronze Tod Hanson & Simon Watkinson GRAINGER STREET (2002) perspex cubes with glass Eduardo Paolozzi was born in (2003) bronze and granite WESTGATE ROAD MOSELEY STREET 4 Perspex cubes are set into the floor Edinburgh in 1924, and his images This playful map of Newcastle’s 7 18 around the plinth of Grey’s Monument are drawn from an interest in post-war Grainger Town focuses on the 4 3 and are castings taken from the Earl’s science, technology and the mass 5 architectural landmarks from Central NEVILLE ST head on the monument. The artist was media. Vulcan by Eduardo Paolozzi is Station to Greys Monument. Artist 6 inspired by the story of Earl Grey’s head over 7 metres tall and was Simon Watkinson said: “we wanted to being knocked off the Grey’s commissioned by Parabola Estates for make something more interesting than Central Station Monument by a bolt of lightening. their award winning Central Square just a flat map. We had the idea of it 1 building. The sculpture appears to be being a layered city – from the old 15 Parson’s Polygon – David of a humanoid machine, a monument medieval times to the late Georgian a FORTH STREET 2 Hamilton (1985) ceramic relief to the modern age. Vulcan was the classicism you see in Grainger Town.” The Parson’s Polygon sculpture is also Roman god of fire and patron of the ventilation shaft for the metro line craftsmanship and is shown with a 10 Ellipsis Eclipses – Danny Lane 6 Cardinal Hume Monument – below. The ‘Parsons’ of the title refers hammer as the tool of his trade. (2005) stainless steel plinth Nigel Boonham (2002) bronze and stacked glass to Sir Charles Parsons (1854-1931), the Cardinal George Basil Hume (1923 – The title ‘Ellipsis Eclipses’ is a play on designer of “Turbinia” a turbine 2 Reaching for the Stars – 1999) was born in Newcastle. He was words based on its form, derived from powered vessel, which in 1897 achieved Kenneth Armitage the Ninth Archbishop of Westminster the intersection of two circles (or ellipses) 34 knots. The designs in the clay tiles (2002) bronze and a Benedictine monk. like the eclipse of the moon or sun. are based on Parson’s engineering Kenneth Armitage (1916–2002) was Queen Elizabeth II opened the 3m high drawings and Turbinia can now be seen born in Leeds. He first attracted bronze and new public space at St in the nearby Discovery Museum. international attention in the 1950’s as Mary’s Cathedral in 2002. The sculpture 11 Objects of Beauty – Gilly Rogers (2004) tools and perspex one of a group of young British stands on a flat stone plinth in the 16 Nine Things To Do On A Bench – sculptors, including Lynn Chadwick and shape of the Northumbrian island of ‘Objects of Beauty’ was unveiled in the Cate Watkinson and Julia Eduardo Paolozzi. Reaching for the Stars Lindesfarne, where St. Cuthbert held unusual setting between a ladies toilet Darling (2001) etched glass was commissioned by Parabola Estates his hermitage in the middle ages. and a hairdressers in Grainger Market. Julia Darling’s words are etched into as part of the Central Square Small tools used in everyday beauty the glass seats around the Grey’s developments which began the routines, including tweezers, eyelash 7 Tyne Line of Text Flow – Monument area. The designs are the regeneration of the Stephenson Quarter curlers and scissors are set into perspex Carol Sommer, Sue Downing result of collaboration between poet, behind Newcastle Central Station. blocks and backlit. and William Herbert Julia Darling, glass artist Cate (2005) stainless steel Watkinson and Insite Design to create 3 George Stephenson The 140m long stream of text messages 12 Grainger Dedication – contemporary street furniture in the Monument – John Graham combines Roman messages found locally Charlie Holmes (1999) cast iron historic heart of Grainger Town. Lough (1862) bronze at Hadrians Wall, printed text from the This dedication is to Richard Grainger who was responsible for the design of George Stephenson (1781-1848) time of King Charles I and text messages 17 Theatre Royal – developed a steam locomotive for use Newcastle city centre. Born in 1797 the collected on the day of the Newcastle Simon Watkinson (2002) on colliery tram lines which was the son of a Quayside porter Grainger built Sunderland football derby in 2004. Subtle LED lighting is used to create basis of the world’s first passenger the Grainger Market, Greys Monument, an animated curtain of light within the railway on the Stockton-Darlington line the Theatre Royal, Grey Street and 8 Ever Changing – Eilis O’Connell portico of the Theatre Royal. Artist in 1825 and he is probably the most Grainger Street which give Newcastle (2005) stainless steel Simon Watkinson worked with Arup well known Geordie of them all. Born its architectural character today. The mirror-polished inverted cone, Engineers in developing the reflective in Northumberland, he became an appears to defy gravity. Its title refers PVC canopy set within the coffer space, engineman in the Newcastle coalfield to the fact that the environment will be 13 Grey’s Monument – which heightens the intensity of light and in 1815 invented his ‘Geordie’ continually reflected on the surface of Edward Hodges Baily (1837) enabling the theatre to be lit in a safety lamp. Legend has it that this the sculpture, mirroring the portland stone variety of colours. is how Geordies got their name. surrounding architecture, the changing The statue of Earl Grey stands on a fluted Roman Doric column and was skies, the movement of people. 18 Monument to Queen Victoria – 4 Man with Potential Selves – built by subscription to commemorate Alfred Gilbert (1903) bronze Sean Henry the author of the Great Reform Bill. 9 Chinese Arch – Yonglai Zhang The figure of Queen Victoria in this (2003) coloured bronze Charles Earl Grey also championed the (2005) wood, stone and sculpture is a replica of the ‘Jubilee Man With Potential Selves is a three abolition of slavery throughout the glazed tiles Monument’ made by the sculptor that part bronze sculpture opposite British empire. In 1806 he was The ceremonial arch now graces the stands in Winchester. The Queen sits with Newcastle Central Station. Henry is appointed First Lord of the Admiralty entrance to Newcastle’s China Town a crown on her head and orb and sceptre quoted as saying: “They are three alter and later Leader of the House of opposite St James’s Park. It was in either hand on an elaborate throne. The egos of the same man. It is very Commons and became Prime constructed by a team of traditional orb in the Queen’s hand was intended to important for people realise that it Minister in 1830. craftsmen from China in 2004 and have an, ‘ideal representation of Victory’ is the same man and that he is an commissioned as part of the Grainger on top but this was lost in the casting. Everyman character.” Town urban regeneration programme. Newcastle 2 This route is just short of 1.5 miles and flat. f 26 6th Northumberland Fusiliers Hatton 27 Civic War Memorial – Gallery 28 Centre John Reid, Rene Bowman (1924) bronze 23 Situated next to the West end of St.