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Temenos is one of the proposed ‘Tees Valley Giants’ a £15 million series of art installations by Anish Kapoor to be created in Darlington, Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar and Stockton-on-Tees. If completed, the project would become the world's biggest art installation, but only Temenos has been finished. The installation weighs 156 tonnes and cost £2.7 million. It has been reported that the Tees Valley Combined Authority is seeking funding for a second sculpture.
Title
Temenos
Date
2008–2010
Medium
stainless steel
Measurements
H 5000 x W 11000 x D 3200 cm
Accession number
TS3_HJC_S001
Work type
Sculpture
Owner
Middlesbrough Borough Council
Custodian
Middlesbrough Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
10th January 2010
Access
at all times
Inscription description
on the south side of a red-brick-built building, on a round blue plaque edged in white with white, raised lettering: TEES TRANSPORTER TRAIL / TEMENOS / This acclaimed public art installation / by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond / was unveiled in June 2010. / Thousands of metres of steel wire/weave between the two rings to / create one of Britain's largest sculptures. / heritage lottery fund / LOTTERY FUNDED (the Heritage Lottery Fund symbol appears on the bottom of the plaque); on the side of a red-brick-built building, on a round blue plaque edged in white with white, raised lettering: TEES TRANSPORTER TRAIL / TEMENOS / This acclaimed public art installation / by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond / was unveiled in June 2010. / Thousands of metres of steel wire / weave between the two rings to/create one of Britain's largest sculptures. / heritage lottery fund / LOTTERY FUNDED (the Heritage Lottery Fund symbol appears on the bottom of the plaque)
