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Post by trubble on Feb 10, 2009 17:15:59 GMT
Giant horse - 33-times life-size horse - to become £2m artwork
A giant white horse has been chosen as a new £2m art commission for south east England dubbed "Angel of the South".
The design, by former Turner Prize winner Mark Wallinger, was selected from a three-strong shortlist as part of the Ebbsfleet Landmark Project.
His design for the public art commission will see a horse standing on all four hooves at 33 times life-size.
Once built, it will dominate the north Kent landscape, standing as high as Nelson's Column at about 164ft (50m).
The landmark, which will be close to Eurostar's international station, is intended as an iconic symbol representing the regeneration of north-west Kent, and the eastwards growth of London.
Mr Wallinger, who was chosen over artists Daniel Buren and Richard Deacon, described it as a "tremendously exciting project".
The Ebbsfleet Landmark Project has been dubbed the "Angel of the South", in reference to Antony Gormley's Angel of the North sculpture which overlooks the A1 motorway in Gateshead.
A prancing white horse is the logo for the county council and has been the symbol of Kent for hundreds of years.
Like it? Hate it? Have a better suggestion?
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Feb 10, 2009 17:24:24 GMT
"Meh!"
Hardly the most imaginative piece of sculpture is it?
AH
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Post by trubble on Feb 10, 2009 17:28:17 GMT
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Post by trubble on Feb 10, 2009 17:30:13 GMT
The Daily Mail says that "Wallinger's thoroughbred was inspired by Horsa, the semi-mythical leader of the Anglo-Saxons who landed at the Isle of Thanet, near Ebbsfleet, in the 5th century". You can retract votes, btw.  |
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Feb 10, 2009 17:31:11 GMT
They're all a bit rubbish really, if I had to go for one, it would be the second one...
The first one starts off good at the bottom, but gets crap once you get to the cube frame thingies.
AH
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Feb 10, 2009 17:35:09 GMT
When I take over the country, loads of Aztec/Maya style step pyramids will be built, loads and loads of them...I may re-introduce human sacrifice again as well.   AH |
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Post by trubble on Feb 10, 2009 17:43:33 GMT
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Post by Alpha Hooligan on Feb 10, 2009 17:49:24 GMT
It's a start.  You just need to get the steps covered in blood and start lobbing a few severed heads from the top after removing the victims heart with a nice obsidian dagger.  AH |
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Post by motorist on Feb 10, 2009 18:15:59 GMT
Shit, I calls it (the horse that is)  |
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Post by swl on Feb 10, 2009 23:02:18 GMT
meh. Now THIS is a horsie -  It's a statue at the side of the M8 I also like this one on the M8  It reminds me of the Teletubbies and always makes me smile |
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Post by Patrick on Feb 11, 2009 1:36:16 GMT
If they wanted to put up a giant horse, they might as well make it look like the Kentish "Invicta"  .........and do it properly. Just imagine that sticking hooves in the air? I'm fed up with all these bloody statues and public works of Art - They've got a large concrete Ram in Derby - I looks like it fell out of the back of one. The only thing these "things" say to me is "Look - we've raised the ground of any industry - we've destroyed the factories - we've erased all the jobs but never mind - here's this multimillion pound concrete turd to cheer you up as you go and collect your Giro." ..........and Jo Public has fallen for it!  Suffice to say Ebbsfleet is a hole. It won't matter how many bloonin statues they put up - it will still be a hole. The only reason Ebbsfleet has become what it's become is because the Government desperately wanted an excuse for building those thousands of extra houses in the South East! - The Olympic Village - post Olympics will be the same thing. After all - what is the point of allowing a high speed rail line to carry domestic commuter traffic in order to "ease congestion" and then plonk a new town in the middle of it creating thousands of extra journeys by the thousands of new people stupid enough to move into the area? Because Ebbsfleet and some of the area round it was the last bit of green space in North West Kent before this happened - they just wanted an easy excuse to concrete it over with the bribery that it would be good for the economy. I would hazard a guess - that someone backhanded someone else to ditch Ashford (also a dump) as the main train station. After the millions and millions of pounds spent rebuilding the station - rebuilding the track layout and adding all the extra lines and masses of extra car parks - an now the Channel Tunnel Trains don't even stop there any more! |
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Post by trubble on Feb 11, 2009 9:57:41 GMT
Good reading, men. Thanks.
I'm the only one voting yeah so I have to rethink. Peer pressure.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 11, 2009 14:22:24 GMT
meh. I also like this one on the M8 It reminds me of the Teletubbies and always makes me smile You numpty SWL - that's a mobile phone mast ! |
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Post by rjpageuk on Feb 11, 2009 14:25:49 GMT
Good reading, men. Thanks. I'm the only one voting yeah so I have to rethink. Peer pressure I voted yes. I quite like us spending money on stuff that will be around for years to come like this, it is also pretty cheap. |
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Post by trubble on Feb 11, 2009 14:47:23 GMT
meh. I also like this one on the M8 It reminds me of the Teletubbies and always makes me smile You numpty SWL - that's a mobile phone mast ! Do teletubbies have mobile phones? |
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Post by trubble on Feb 11, 2009 14:48:05 GMT
Good reading, men. Thanks. I'm the only one voting yeah so I have to rethink. Peer pressure I voted yes. I quite like us spending money on stuff that will be around for years to come like this, it is also pretty cheap. Like some ornament you might buy at Aldi? |
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Post by trubble on Feb 11, 2009 14:52:45 GMT
meh. Now THIS is a horsie - It's a statue at the side of the M8 I googled this horse, which is a bit more impressive than the white one, I grant you. And Scott's horse heads look good too. So the horse thing has been done already and by several people. Why does all the art become the same? Why all these horses? Why are all the flavours of the month not doing different things than the other?   I see that Scott has also created a Bigman in a river. 'Angel of the North' artist Gormley is building one in Dublin too. See? All the same. All these one off original landmark pieces match... What's with that? |
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Post by rjpageuk on Feb 11, 2009 15:07:05 GMT
Like some ornament you might buy at Aldi? Yes. We should build these things all over, every county should have a massive thing they can claim is a tourist attraction and makes their area unique. We should commission Aldi to make them all, or just wait until they make it to the centre aisle on offer and buy them all up. |
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Post by motorist on Feb 11, 2009 15:13:22 GMT
A giant doggy doo for Milton Keynes |
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Post by trubble on Feb 11, 2009 15:31:17 GMT
Like some ornament you might buy at Aldi? Yes. We should build these things all over, every county should have a massive thing they can claim is a tourist attraction and makes their area unique. We should commission Aldi to make them all, or just wait until they make it to the centre aisle on offer and buy them all up. Yes a job lot, maybe look for some 'seconds' from the factory?  That would make them at least unique.  |
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