The Angel of
the North
Her mighty wings
span the sky,
(Though sadly
she will never fly),
This angel
beautiful and bold,
Stands high for
thousands to behold.
Observed from
several motorways
Many daily
look and gaze
At the huge
'Angel of the North',
When they are
driving back and forth.
Others come
daily to her feet,
They look with
awe and warmly greet,
This angel
beautiful and bold.
Her mighty wings
span the sky,
(Though sadly
she will never fly).
-c.Jean M. Lewis January 2001- The sculpture reaches
20 metres high (65ft) and has a wing
span of 54
metres(175ft) and is almost as big as a jumbo jet!
The scultpor Antony
Gormley said:
"People are always asking
why an angel? The only response I can give is that no one has ever seen one and we need to
keep imagining them. The
angel has 3 functions -
firstly a
historic one to remind us thatbelow this site coal miners worked in the dark for 200
years, - secondly to grasp hold of
the future, expressing our transition from the industrial to the information age
and lastly to be a focus for our hopes and
fears".
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