Art of the United Kingdom not establishment recognition. Banksy made a reputation with street graffiti and is now a highly valued mainstream artist. Antony Gormley produces sculptures, mostly in metal and based on the human figure, which include the 20 metres (66 ft) high "Angel of the North" near Gateshead, one of the first of a number of very large public sculptures produced in the 2000s, "Another Place", and "Event Horizon". The Indian-born sculptor Anish Kapoor has public works around the world, including "Cloud Gate" in Chicago and "Sky Mirror" in various locations; like much of his work these use curved mirror-like steel surfaces. The
The Angel of the West Window The Angel of the West Window The Angel of the West Window is a novel written in 1927 by Gustav Meyrink (original German title: "Der Engel vom westlichen Fenster") steeped in alchemical, hermetic, occult and mystical imagery and ideas interweaving the life of Elizabethan Magus Dr John Dee with that of a fictional modern descendant, Baron Mueller. The story is narrated by Baron Mueller, an Austrian of British descent living in Austria in the early part of 20th Century. At the beginning of the novel Mueller has been given the possessions of a cousin, John Roger, who has recently died.