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The Angel Celebrates Its Tenth Birthday
he people of Newcastle and will also be launched from the
Gateshead are preparing to Angel, which will help local
celebrate the tenth people to remember their deceased
birthday of their beloved Angel loved ones. There will also be a
of the North. A year of events number of other events to
are planned to celebrate ten celebrate the much-loved
years of the iconic sculpture, sculpture’s milestone this year,
which was designed by the including a massive street party
celebrated artist Antony Gormley. in June, which organisers believe
will be the highlight of the
One of the first events will see summer.
ten lucky couples win the chance
to renew their wedding vows at Gateshead Council commissioned
the foot of the 66ft Angel, which the Angel of the North at a cost
overlooks the A1 motorway and the of 800,000. Mick Henry of
main East Coast rail line. The Gateshead Council, said: "When we
loved-up couples will renew their first proposed the Angel of the
vows in a special ceremony North, some people failed to
conducted by the Bishop of understand the vision behind the
Jarrow, the Right Reverend Mark project. We remained confident
Bryant, in the spring. He said: that it was the right thing to do
“What better way to celebrate for Gateshead and that the Angel
than to renew your wedding vows of the North would help bring
in the shadow of the amazing about the transformation in the
sculpture? It is a borough that we all wanted. Ten
once-in-a-lifetime chance to get years on and the Angel has
really involved in the directly led to the likes of
celebrations.” BALTIC Centre for Contemporary
Art and The Sage Gateshead,
A thousand helium-filled balloons bringing with them millions of
pounds of investment and hundreds their beloved Angel of the North.
of jobs." A year of events are planned to
celebrate ten years of the iconic
Antony Gormley’s design for the sculpture, which was designed by
Angel of the North beat proposals the celebrated artist Antony
from a number of international Gormley.
artists. He believes that the
celebrated sculpture changed the One of the first events will see
face of public art. He said: “The ten lucky couples win the chance
old idea of art only belonging in to renew their wedding vows at
museums or being for rich people the foot of the 66ft Angel, which
got completely overturned. The overlooks the A1 motorway and the
Angel, in some ways, was the main East Coast rail line. The
agenda setter for that. The fact loved-up couples will renew their
that the Angel is rarely alone vows in a special ceremony
suggests it has become part of conducted by the Bishop of
everyday life for the people of Jarrow, the Right Reverend Mark
the North East. I think that’s Bryant, in the spring. He said:
the highest test of success.” “What better way to celebrate
than to renew your wedding vows
The Angel of the North is one of in the shadow of the amazing
the UK’s best-known sculptures sculpture? It is a
and is seen by an estimated once-in-a-lifetime chance to get
90,000 people every day, which really involved in the
amounts to a massive 33 million celebrations.”
people per year.
A thousand helium-filled balloons
The people of Newcastle and will also be launched from the
Gateshead are preparing to Angel, which will help local
celebrate the tenth birthday of people to remember their deceased
loved ones. There will also be a Antony Gormley’s design for the
number of other events to Angel of the North beat proposals
celebrate the much-loved from a number of international
sculpture’s milestone this year, artists. He believes that the
including a massive street party celebrated sculpture changed the
in June, which organisers believe face of public art. He said: “The
will be the highlight of the old idea of art only belonging in
summer. museums or being for rich people
got completely overturned. The
Gateshead Council commissioned Angel, in some ways, was the
the Angel of the North at a cost agenda setter for that. The fact
of 800,000. Mick Henry of that the Angel is rarely alone
Gateshead Council, said: "When we suggests it has become part of
first proposed the Angel of the everyday life for the people of
North, some people failed to the North East. I think that’s
understand the vision behind the the highest test of success.”
project. We remained confident
that it was the right thing to do The Angel of the North is one of
for Gateshead and that the Angel the UK’s best-known sculptures
of the North would help bring and is seen by an estimated
about the transformation in the 90,000 people every day, which
borough that we all wanted. Ten amounts to a massive 33 million
years on and the Angel has people per year.
directly led to the likes of
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Sources:
Art and The Sage Gateshead, BBC
bringing with them millions of IC Newcastle
pounds of investment and hundreds
of jobs."
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