Angel of the North.

The problem with those two museums was that they had a dusty and stuffy feel about them, and frankly did not really interest me as a child. The new museum is light and airy, but seemed to be sadly lacking in substance.
There was lots of space, but there was not much on display. I did like the photography exhibit they had on, but apart from that saw very little to interest me. However, I am going to return as I believe that do have a lot of very interesting readables in the library section which was closed.

Then it was off to my next destination:

One of the reasons for my return to the Constitutional Court complex was to photograph the “Angel of the North” statue, which I had glimpsed from the ramparts of The Fort when I was last there. There was also a wooden artwork close to the old Governors House which I wanted too, but had missed last time around as I had not walked in that area when I had been there in March 2012.

I parked at the bottom of the court and was pleasantly surprised to find a very nice carved artwork of something from your nightmares. I have no idea what it was, or who made it, but it really is quite a stunning piece of work.

I moved to the top of the parking and walked down the alley towards the governors house. The artwork I was after seem to be loosely called “Governors House Trees” and are by Americo Guambe, Ngwedi Design and Trinity Session. I had seen them from the ramparts as well, but had not realised that they were there in the first place. 

Unfortunately though, I was not really able to get close to have a good look at these works as the space was too crowded with too many youngsters.

Angel of the North was a few metres away.

The statue is by Winston Luthuli, and it stands on the corner of  Queens and Kotze Streets in Hillbrow. 

That concluded my afternoon ramble, and a quick pause for one more statue grouping at the Constitutional Court…