Synopses & Reviews
One of the most exciting sculptors of our time, Antony Gormley is the creator of breathtaking public installations. Even casual fans will recognizeand#160;
Event Horizon, a collection of thirty-one life-size casts of the artistandrsquo;s body that have been installed atop buildings in places like Londonandrsquo;s South Bank and New Yorkandrsquo;s Madison Square, and
Field, formed by tens of thousands of standing clay figurines overflowing across a roomandrsquo;s floor. Projects like these demonstrate Gormleyandrsquo;s ongoing interest in exploring the human form and its relationships with the rest of the material world, and inand#160;
Antony Gormley on Sculpture, he shares valuable insight into his work and the history of sculpture itself.
Combining commentary on his own works with discussions of other artists and the Eastern religious traditions that have inspired him, Gormley offers wisdom on topics such as the body in space, how to approach an environment when conceiving an installation, bringing mindfulness and internal balance to sculpture, and much more. Lavishly illustrated, this book will be of interest to not only art lovers, curators, and critics, but also artists and art students. Dynamic and thought-provoking,and#160;Antony Gormley on Sculptureand#160;is essential reading for anyone fascinated by sculpture and its long and complex history as a medium.
Synopsis
Accompanies an exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, from September 23, 2011- January 15, 2012This book is made up of nine classical sculptures from the Hermitage Museum, removed from their plinths and repositioned to share a raised floor with the viewer; and seventeen highly abstracted body-forms by Antony Gormley. The idea is to juxtapose ancient, idealized statues with Gormley's more disinterested sculptures and see whether, in Gormley's work, the abstract language of Euclidean geometry can make a shelter for feeling, and whether, in the case of the classical works, demounting and putting the viewer on the same level as their original makers can re-establish them as made things. The interaction of the public, captured in documentary photographs, is key to a project that aims to show how classical marbles, Gormley's own sculptures and the living human visitors inhabit the same space and can converse with each other.
About the Author
Antony Gormley is a sculptor and installation artist based in London. Knighted in 2014 for his service to the arts, he is an honorary doctor of the University of Cambridge and a fellow of Trinity and Jesus Colleges, Cambridge.Mark Holborn is an editor at Random House in London.