Antony Gormley / John Hutchinson, E.H. Gombrich, Lela B. Njatin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hutchinson, John, 1950-

Contributor:

Gombrich, E. H. (Ernst Hans), 1909-2001.

Njatin, Lela B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gormley, Antony--Criticism and interpretation.

Gormley, Antony.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

159 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Phaidon, 1995.

Summary:

British artist Antony Gormley has revitalized the human subject in contemporary sculpture. In 1994 Gormley won the Turner Prize for his remarkable Field, a sculpture made up of 35,000 terracotta figures. His lead and iron figures, cast from his own body, are the site for an exploration of states of being, of sensory and cognitive perception. Generating controversy and passion, Gormley's public sculptures -- from the angel with the 40-metre wing span commissioned to stand over a motorway to the elegant statue poised at the top of a tree in an eighteenth-century park -- raise key issues about the relation between art, society and the environment as a metaphysical and political realm. The book documents all Gormley's key works and includes etchings and works in progress.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 158-159).

ISBN:

0714833835

OCLC:

36008718