(It's like a low-bugdet version of the Question of Sport Picture Board - you guess what it's of and then you click on the pictures for a fuller view...)
They are, in order:
- The Sage Gateshead - which is one of those armadillo-esque structures popping up to regenerate cities, viz. Selfridges in Birmingham and the Clyde Auditorium in Glasgow, which is actually called The Armadillo...
- The Angel of the North in Gateshead - by Antony Gormley, which is not as big when you get there as it looks on the photos, and...
- The Gateshead Minnellium Bridge - which is bigger.
They all have to have Gateshead in the title because the town has spent a whole bunch of council tax payers' money on public art and God forbid anyone might think it's all in Newcastle, with which Gateshead has an identity crisis, being separated from it by only 125 metres of the Tyne.
There's also the BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Arts...
...which is housed in a fantastic old building - an old flour mill on the banks of the river. It's been cleverly and beautifully restored and is just as imposing as the landmarks above, but has become home to... well, the phrase "contemporary art" probably says all that's needed...
Splatter paintings done with a toothbrush, some careful colouring-in of squares and a sculpture made of metal and tea bags...
Well, who made me an art critic anyway? There were enough people there regarding it all wisely and nodding in a understanding way to make sure my comments don't give any of the artists sleepless nights. Especially as one of them is dead.
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