catgate Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 To day we went into Doug country to look at a camper van. It is less than 80 miles from us as the crow flies but on our journeys we try to avoid places like the A1 and the M1 etc. and as a result it is quite a few years since we went up (or down) the A1.One of our "markers" for turnings was "the second slip road past the Angel of the North". I had seen the hideous monstrosity on pictures but not "in the metal". I was not really prepared for the monstrousness of it.Did the man who designed it get an award or was he, as he should have been, sectioned under the mental health act?There is no doubt it is symbolic, and I know of what. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted November 14, 2007 Report Share Posted November 14, 2007 not seen it in the flesh /rust ...but I rather like it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 quote catgate - To day we went into Doug country to look at a camper van.!!!!??? After the way you dig at me and my caravan................. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 You should have seen it when it was wearing it's Alan Shearer shirt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 quote catgate - To day we went into Doug country to look at a camper van.!!!!??? After the way you dig at me and my caravan................. I prefer to be behind a camper rather than a caravan. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artist Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 quote catgate - To day we went into Doug country to look at a camper van.!!!!??? After the way you dig at me and my caravan................. I prefer to be behind a camper rather than a caravan. :DSome are bigger than caravans and the drivers of them generally only 'part timers' so the driving is pretty bad............... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchful Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 I'm so glad I'm not the only one to consider the Angel of The North to be a hideous monstrosity. :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 I'm so glad I'm not the only one to consider the Angel of The North to be a hideous monstrosity. :0DITTO. What a waste of money. The art world these day is totally off its rocker. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted November 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 I'm so glad I'm not the only one to consider the Angel of The North to be a hideous monstrosity. :0After thinking about it for a little while I have come to the conclusion that it is a a creation that embodies and displays the true artistic, cultural and moral bankruptcy of modern (or moron) Briton. It is the Emperor's clothes in metal. It ranks alongside Gormley the gormless, pickled embryos, healthy living, honest government init like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchful Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 I'm so glad I'm not the only one to consider the Angel of The North to be a hideous monstrosity. :0After thinking about it for a little while I have come to the conclusion that it is a a creation that embodies and displays the true artistic, cultural and moral bankruptcy of modern (or moron) Briton. It is the Emperor's clothes in metal. It ranks alongside Gormley the gormless, pickled embryos, healthy living, honest government init like.Exactly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doug Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 I've actually become rather fond of it. The rust coloured paint they used hasn't faded at all. Must have been very good quality rust in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanHo Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 When I first saw it I assumed it was a fancy wind-break. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 Here is yet another example of modern crap. Someone else with more money than sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted November 15, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 PollockWell it's near. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 I might try and sell a pile of cinder blocks to the Tate Gallery. Let's face it, if someone could sell them a pile of bricks then they should be in the market for cinder blocks. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted November 15, 2007 Report Share Posted November 15, 2007 I prefer to be behind a camper rather than a caravan. :DYou werent Larry Graysons mate...... Everard ,perchance ?........... Larry said that he was always a bit 'andsome ....ooooohhh shut that door Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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