The Pillar Man

The 'Pillar Man' is a 6.5 metre high bronze sculpture standing in a symbolic river of black granite in front of the Northumbria University art gallery. The sculpture marks the course of Pandon Burn that flows 20 metres below the building. It was commissioned as part of Newcastle City Council's Hidden Rivers Project a series of public artworks inspired by the large numbers of small rivers ('burns') that flow underneath Newcastle towards the Tyne. It was created by the artist Nicolaus Widerberg.

*This one's for you Tony. I thought I'd be hard pressed to find a taller man! :)