'Angel of the South' to be giant white horse - News, Art - The Independent
Maybe I should be torn. I can be quite awed by big statues, but like all sensible people, I also know that horses are inherently evil.
No, actually I am not torn at all. This planned giant white horse, standing in a nondescript field surrounded by electricity towers, would have to take the award for stupidest big public art installation ever. And it is the winner in a design competition for a work that is to be called "Angel of the South"? Is there something funny leaking into the water in that part of England?
Incidentally, the other two shortlisted entries "included a steel latticework "nest" by Richard Deacon and a tower of stacked cubes by Daniel Buren. " Hardly angel-like either, one must concede.
I see that England already has an "Angel of the North", but at least one can some influence of the concept of "angel" in it.
Great Britain's decline continues. Further updates coming.
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