Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley, born in London in 1950, is widely acclaimed for his sculptures, installations and public artworks that investigate the relationship of the human body to space. Gormley continually tries to identify the space of art as a place of becoming in which new behaviours, thoughts and feelings can arise.
SMALL BLOCKWORKS, 2013 – 2018
The SMALL BLOCKWORKS are models for the 1.5 life-size BLOCKWORKS which attempt to give a strong intimation of the feel of a body using the smallest number of compressed iron blocks. These either sit one on top of the other or side-by-side, whether the figure is standing or crouching. The vertical works counter the stability of a column by cantilever. They attempt to equate instability of build with a mental state, translating haptic bodily sensation into ever more parlous tectonics.
Both the BLOCKWORKS and SMALL BLOCKWORKS use scale to act on the body-consciousness of the viewer. All of the works have an extended foot – the size of the foot is incorporated with the other blocks of the work to integrate a base into the language of the work.
SMALL LULL, 2015
Cast iron
105 x 21.5 x 15 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London
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allmeinde commongrounds exhibition
03.02.2014-06.04.2014
Antony Gormley/Drawings
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