Lower Grainger Street, 'Man with Potential Selves'

HER Number

10995

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Lower Grainger Street, 'Man with Potential Selves'

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SW

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Sculpture

Site Type: Specific

Statue

General Period

21ST CENTURY

Specific Period

21st Century 2001 to 2100

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

2003 by Sean Henry. Three painted bronze statues of the same man - one stands, one walks and one 'floats'. Each is 2.5m tall. Commissioned by Grainger Town Partnership in cooperation with Sculpture at Goodwood.

Easting

424650

Northing

563960

Grid Reference

NZ424650563960

Sources

Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Grace McCombie, 2009, Newcastle and Gateshead - Pevsner Architectural Guide, p. 161