Angel of the West

Angel of the West
Angel of the West
Artist	Julian Voss-Andreae
Year	2008 (2008)
Type	Stainless steel
Dimensions	3.7 m× 3.7 m× 1.2 m(12 ft× 12 ft× 4 ft)
Location	Jupiter, Florida, United States
Coordinates	26°53′07″N80°06′44″W / 26.885207°N 80.112226°W / 26.885207; -80.112226
Owner	The Scripps Research Institute

Angel of the West is an outdoor sculpture in Jupiter, Florida, United States. The sculpture was made in 2008 by German sculptor Julian Voss-Andreae. Referencing British sculptor Antony Gormley's monumental 1998 piece Angel of the North it was created based on an antibody structure published by E. Padlan ^[1] for the Florida campus of the Scripps Research Institute. ^[2] The antibody is placed into a ring referencing Leonardo da Vinci's Vitruvian Man highlighting the similar proportions of the antibody and the human body. ^[3]

See also

• Angel of the North
• White Horse at Ebbsfleet, sometimes called "The Angel of The South".

References

1. Padlan, Eduardo (February 1994). "Anatomy of the antibody molecule" (PDF). Mol. Immunol. 31 (3): 169–217. doi:10.1016/0161-5890(94)90001-9. PMID   8114766.
2. "New Sculpture Portraying Human Antibody as Protective Angel Installed on Scripps Florida Campus". Archived from the original on 18 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
3. "Protein sculpture inspired by Vitruvian Man". Archived from the original on 27 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-12-12.

External links

• Oregon Art Beat: Quantum Sculptures with Julian Voss-Andreae Oregon Public Broadcasting TV piece about the creation of Angel of the West (December 2008)
• Protein Data Bank newsletter Interview: Julian Voss-Andreae, Protein Sculptor (pp. 9–11, January 2007)