Northumbria University, 'Flat Fish'

HER Number

11001

District

Newcastle

Site Name

Northumbria University, 'Flat Fish'

Place

Newcastle

Map Sheet

NZ26SE

Class

Gardens Parks and Urban Spaces

Site Type: Broad

Sculpture

Site Type: Specific

Sculpture

General Period

21ST CENTURY

Specific Period

21st Century 2001 to 2100

Form of Evidence

Structure

Description

By Piper James Turner. Located in Sandyford Road in front of the Visual Arts Department. Stone sculpture of a flat fish exhibited first as part of the artist's degree exhibition. Commissioned by Northumbria University.

Easting

425100

Northing

564980

Grid Reference

NZ425100564980

Sources

Art On the Riverside, Grainger Town Partnership, Arts Council England, Nexus and Newcastle City Council, Public Art in Newcastle - A Guide (booklet); Paul Usherwood, Jeremy Beach and Catherine Morris, 2000, Public Sculpture of North East England, p 146-7