Famous work publically displayed outside

Scattered around the country are publically displayed sculptures. These age dramatically from Stone Henge to much more modern sculptural forms.

The Angel of the North by Antony Gormley was made in 1998. These sculptures often represent or pay some form of tribute to an aspect of their location. For example Gormley's Angel of the North is a tribute to the industrial heritage of the North East and is fittingly made out of steel. The majority of Gormleys' work is centered around the body. He uses the body as less of an object and more of a place and one of the key ideas of his work is to explore the relationship between yourself and other people and concepts. The relation between the body and the space surrounding it is a key focus in his work. By locating the majority of his work outside he opens up oppurtunity for the public to involve the work in their everyday lives.

The Angel of the North, Steel, 1998, Antony Gormley.

Andy Goldsworthy similarly chooses to display his work in the open air. Not only this but he tends to work closely alongside nature and produces a lot of land art. His sculptural work is regularly made to relate to it's location in some way and is built with materials he has found in the local area such as sticks, brightly coloured flowers, ice and stones. His work can be found in both rural and urban regions all over the world from more local places such as the Yorkshire Dales to the opposite side of the world in the Australian outback. Due to the location and materiality of his work few last for a long time. He therefore captures his practice through photography. The sculptures he makes in stone have a much longer life.

Icicle Star, joined with saliva, Andy Goldsworthy.