Anthony Gormley - Angel of the North

Anthony Gormley – Angel of the North 1998

Massive in scale, immediate impact on the horizon, people are proud of this sculpture, it is also a navigation tool.

                              http://www.telegraph.co.uk – accessed 9.3.2011

Anne Bean – 0 Degrees

Merdian Line, concept and context – place  our place – some were to be proud to live.

                               http://www.annebean.net – accessed 9.3.2011

Key Exhibition Sites

Venice Biennale began in 1894 - Avant garde, Held every other year – new curators.

Frieze Art Fair – Every Oct, in London, commissioned by Deutch Bank

60,000 visitors, people associated with the Art world, overtly commercial.

Competition and Prizes

Turner Prize – Lucy Skaer – the Siege 2007

Tate Britain judge previous year, debates and challenges us and the general public, sponsorship, celebrity fame and fortune – Successful artist.

What is success for yourself?

Success for myself would be an artist that sold work regularly, enough to support my daughter and myself to live off and to be able to afford materials. An artist that created debate and discussion and reaction to the work.

John Moores Painting Prize

Jerwood Drawing  Competition

“ An excess of display had the effect of concealing the truth of the society that produces it, providing the viewer with an unending stream of images.. detached from the real world of things..(we) see everything but understand nothing.”

Guy Debord – Society of the Spectacle.