Antony Gormley

Xavier Hufkens, Brussels
Acquired directly from the above by the present owner

Colour: The colours in the catalogue illustration are fairly accurate, although the metal elements tend more towards a silver/grey in the original. Condition: This work is in very good condition. There are small surface deposits and spots of oxidisation in places throughout the sculpture, inherent to the artist’s choice of medium.
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Located at the seam between inner and outer spaces, Antony Gormley's sculptures explore the idea of the body as a site of experience. Using his own physical form as a language through which to communicate individual as well as universal concerns, through the physical medium of sculpture, Gormley investigates the fundamental forces underpinning the human experience in a way that encourage the viewer to question their own sense of place and being within the world. "Making sculpture stems from a need to leave a trace of existence, but there is an even greater need to challenge existence itself with mute objects that look back at us and question our materiality with their own." (Antony Gormley cited in: Michael Mack, (ed.), Antony Gormley, Göttingen 2007, p. 9)