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Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley has over the past 25 years revitalised the human form in sculpture through a radical investigation of the body as a place of memory and transformation. “I am interested in the body”, he says, “because it is the place where emotions are most directly registered. When you feel frightened, when you feel excited, happy, depressed somehow the body registers it.”
Gormley has explored the relationship between the individual and the community in large-scale installations such as Allotment (1995), Domain Field (2003) and Another Place (1997). Angel of the North (1995/98), one of his most celebrated works, is a landmark in contemporary British sculpture. Field (1991), an installation of hundreds or thousands of small clay figures sculpted by the local population, has been enacted in various locations throughout the world, involving local communities across four continents. “Sculpture is an act of faith in life, in its continuity”, comments Gormley. “We all do things like this; we have a stone that we keep in our pocket which is a guarantee of life's continuity, and it has to do with hoping that things will work out, that life will be okay.”
Antony Gormley was born in 1950 in London, England, where he lives and works. He has participated in major group exhibitions, including the Venice Biennale (1982 and 1986), Documenta VIII, Kassel, Germany (1987) and the Sydney Biennale (2006). Solo exhibitions include Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (2004), Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England (2003), and the National History Museum, Beijing, China (2003). He was awarded the Turner Prize in 1994 and made an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1997. He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and has been a Royal Academician since 2003.
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| Videos/Audio | |
 | Antony Gormley, White Cube Mason's Yard 2008 Video |
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| CV | |
| Bibliography | |
| Interview with Antony Gormley by E. H. Gombric | |
| Uncanny Sculpture by Antony Vidler | |
| The Raising of Lazarus by Stephen Bann | |
| Drawing in Space by Darian Leader | |
| Exhibitions | |
| Test Sites 3 Jun—10 Jul 2010 | |
| Firmament 6 Mar—12 Apr 2008 | |
| Clearing 21 Apr—4 May 2004 | |
| Drawn 8 Sep—14 Oct 2000 | |
| Lost Subject 1 Apr—7 May 1994 | |
| Editions | |
| Breathing Room Edition of 40 | |
| Clearing II Edition of 40 | |
| Field Edition of 40 | |
| Floor Edition of 40 | |
| One For All Edition of 100 | |
| Scope Edition of 250 | |
| Artist's Publications | |
| Blind Light 2007 | |
| Asian Field 2004 | |
| Making Space 2004 | |
| Drawing 2002 | |
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| Artist's Publications Available in the Bookshop |
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| Body and Light 1996 | |
| News | |
| Antony Gormley at the Kunsthaus Bregenz 1 Aug 2010 | |
| Antony Gormley at the De La Warr Pavilion 8 May 2010 | |
| Antony Gormley’s ‘Event Horizon’ at Madison Square Park 26 Mar 2010 | |
 | Related Links |
| http://www.illuminationsmed... Eye Series of films by Illuminations | |
| http://www.antonygormley.com/ Antony Gormley | |
| http://www.tate.org.uk/live... Tate Online | |
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