The authors of the world's largest sculpture projects have been Anish Kapoor and Mark Uollinger

Very soon in the city Millsbro in the north-east of England to begin work on a giant sculpture Anisha Kapoor (Anish Kapoor), entitled «Temenos». The project helped the artist's famous engineer Cecil Belmond (Cecil Balmond), worked with the «star» architects like Rem Koolhaas (Rem Koolhaas), Toe Ito (Toyo Ito) and Daniel Libeskind (Daniel Libeskind).

«Temenos», construction of which should be completed this summer, will be the first of the five «Valley giants Tiz». In the next 10-15 years, similar structures appear in the districts of Stockton, Redkar, and Cleveland, Darlington and Hartlepool. The construction of «Temenosa» will be spent 2.7 million pounds sterling. The cost of the entire project «Giants Valley Tiz» is estimated at 15 million pounds. This will be the largest sculpture project in the world.

Height «Temenosa» will be 50 meters, length - 110 meters. The design represents two rings connected by a network of steel wire. One of these rings fastened to the pole and the second - to the ground. The object is very much like a sculpture Kapoor «Marcio», which was established in 2002 in the turbine hall of Tate Modern museum.

Translated from the Greek «Temenos» means the «sacred place». The sculpture will be placed in the dock Middlheven, between the Riverside stadium and a bridge over the river Tiz. One of the sponsors of the draft became a football club Millsbro donated to create a «Temenosa» 350 thousand pounds.

On the plans to establish in the valley Tiz sculpture, it was announced in July last year to the day when another famous giant, «Angel of the North» Antony Gormley (Antony Gormley), celebrated its tenth anniversary. «Angel of the North», a height of 20 meters, is located in the city Geytshed in the north-east of the country. In 2007, it became known that the other end of England, in the city Ebbsflit, soon «angel of the south». In the contest for the best project wins Uollinger Mark (Mark Wallinger), proposed 50-meter realistic sculpture of a white horse. «Premiere» images to be held in 2012.

wide public resonance, which has received a draft Kapoor and Uollingera relates to the huge growth in popularity of contemporary art in Britain. In 1990, thanks to the Turner Prize and the exhibition Sensation, contemporary artists in the country have acquired the status of pop stars. In 2000 the museum opened in London Tate Modern, attracting crowds of visitors, and three years in the British capital hosted the first contemporary art fair Frieze, which is now one of the most important events in the art world. «Angel of the North» attracted many tourists to the area of Newcastle, who until the sculpture was considered not very interesting, it is expected that «Giants Valley Tiz» and «Angel Southern» do the same for their regions.

Material prepared Yulia Maksimova

Sources: designweek.co. uk , artinvestment.ru

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