Giant White Horse!

[papercorn2000]

It is until you see it. It's actually only 25cm high and you have to stand really close hust to see it.

 

[Bodhbh]

The Angel of the North is great. It's got presence and dignity. This horse is a just kitsch.

Angel of the North, Donkey of the South.

That white horse is awful but that photo above looks great. Problem with these great public pieces they always end up begin designed by committee and end up something nobody likes. Like someone said about The Dome, the best thing they could have done is just left it empty. The great thing about the Angel of The North is the let the artist have his vision and now afaik most from the NE are proud of it.

 

[colly]

How much is the 'artist' getting for this?

I can see it's his idea. But all he had to do was nip down to the local shops and buy a good toy horse and say...'there you go that's my plan'

More creativity, thought and intelligence will go into the engineering and actual construction of the thing. I suspect as far as the nuts and bolts of the real thing will go he will be just a bit part player.

 

[Mr Pig]

That is rather lovely.

It looks good in the flesh. Because it's a latticework it looks lighter and has movement as you drive past. It works very well.

The heads on top of containers just up the road don't work. From most angles they're just a mess of metal.

 

[LLB]

How much is the 'artist' getting for this?

I can see it's his idea. But all he had to do was nip down to the local shops and buy a good toy horse and say...'there you go that's my plan'

More creativity, thought and intelligence will go into the engineering and actual construction of the thing. I suspect as far as the nuts and bolts of the real thing will go he will be just a bit part player.

This is normally the way with design. A couple of hours thinking about what you want, and then a couple of days drawing it up.

 

[postman]

Why a horse? Lets have something that is about today.A chav ,double buggy, half a dozen crying kids .Dad holding a pint mum on her mobile.Counting the benefit.Just about sums up today.

 

[LLB]

Why a horse? Lets have something that is about today.A chav ,double buggy, half a dozen crying kids .Dad holding a pint mum on her mobile.Counting the benefit.Just about sums up today.

I think they are looking for something aspirational

 

[colly]

This is normally the way with design. A couple of hours thinking about what you want, and then a couple of days drawing it up.

Yes I understand that, but as with all these large projects it is the engineers ingenuity, and construction workers nous that actually get the thing built.

Granted the artist has the original idea but as for getting it to 'work' ...well there is the real artistry. Many dismiss that as 'mere craft' but without the understanding of what is actually possible bright artistic ideas on a grand scale will always be just that .....'ideas'.

I'm sure Mark Wallinger is a good artist even a great one, it's just a shame the artistic media appear to show little appreciation of the people who really make the thing possible.

 

[Arch]

I love that heavy horse. I love the Angel of the North too. Not sure about the mock up of thisnew thing, but will wait and see what actually transpires. I think it would be nice if it looked like it had just walked off the Bayuex tapestry.

You can't beat Uffington though.

 

[LLB]

Yes I understand that, but as with all these large projects it is the engineers ingenuity, and construction workers nous that actually get the thing built.

Granted the artist has the original idea but as for getting it to 'work' ...well there is the real artistry. Many dismiss that as 'mere craft' but without the understanding of what is actually possible bright artistic ideas on a grand scale will always be just that .....'ideas'.

I'm sure Mark Wallinger is a good artist even a great one, it's just a shame the artistic media appear to show little appreciation of the people who really make the thing possible.

I hear ya

Much of the stuff I design is run-of-the-mill which can be knocked up in a morning or even a couple of hours, but occasionally, we are asked to do some real 'specials' which require a lot of consideration to maximise strength, and promote the correct shape in the finished product (pre-correction work), and these can take 3 or 4 days of solid work to design and draw up (which is a lot of design time in the nature of the product given the existing knowledge we have)

 

[MacB]

read that the artist is considered a genius and great talent, guess that was for other ideas/works in his portfolio

a folly of titanic proportions is needed, maybe Atlas holding the Earth, we've got big horses already

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I wont be standing underneath it just in case

 

[asterix]

Maybe it's from the same stable as the 2012 Olympix logo?

 

[MacB]

Maybe it's from the same stable as the 2012 Olympix logo?

now there was a work of art, easily worth 10 times what we paid, shows how far the appreciation of art has slipped that this wasn't widely recognised

 

[wafflycat]

I love that heavy horse. I love the Angel of the North too. Not sure about the mock up of thisnew thing, but will wait and see what actually transpires. I think it would be nice if it looked like it had just walked off the Bayuex tapestry.

You can't beat Uffington though.

Now that is beautiful.. unlike the thing planned