Antony Gormley
Subtitle: model, 28 November 2012-10 February 2013
By: [coordinated and edited by Shela Sheikh and Honey Luard]
Contributors: Luard, Honey; Sheikh, Shela; White Cube (Gallery)
Publisher: White Cube
Published: 2013
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 325
ISBN-13: 9781906072773
Subjects: Exhibitions
Other titles: Model
Description: Fabricated from 100 tons of weathering sheet steel, Antony Gormley's 'Model' is both sculpture and building - human in form but at no point visible as a total figure. Installed at White Cube Bermondsey, London, the work can be entered through a 'foot, ' from which visitors then journey through its interconnected internal chambers, the sculpture demanding that we adjust our pace and bend our bodies to its awkward geometry. Also included in the exhibition are new sculptures built of solid iron blocks, whose uncompromising orthogonals belie their emotional punch. Propping up the architecture, articulating a corner or lying flat on the ground, these dark works test the bounding condition of the space. A selection of Gormley's working models, installed on a series of tables, complete the volume. Together, these works powerfully extend Gormley's exploration of the body as a site of transformation.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at White Cube Bermondsey, London, Nov. 28, 2012-Feb. 10, 2013.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [320]-321).