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Antony Gormley

    August 30, 1950
    Field
    One and Other
    Body and Light
    Bodies in Space
    Antony Gormley
    Shaping the World
    • Shaping the World

      • 392 pages
      • 14 hours of reading
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      Practiced by every culture throughout the history of the world, sculpture is a universal art form that’s deeply rooted in the human psyche and may even predate the advent of language. In this wide-ranging book, internationally renowned sculptor Antony Gormley and distinguished art critic Martin Gayford consider sculpture as an art form related to humanity’s potential for thought and feeling, as well as to our urge to build, make pictures, practice religion, and develop philosophical thought. They take into account materials and techniques and consider overarching themes, such as space, light, and darkness.Drawing on examples from around the globe—ranging from the standing stones at Stenness, Orkney, dating from around 3100 BCE, and the Terracotta Army in China to Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty and Richard Serra’s steel structures—Shaping the World explores sculpture as a form of physical thought capable of altering the way people feel.

      Shaping the World
    • Over the past twenty years, the scupltor Antony Gormley has created some of the most memorable and controversial public art installations across the world. This is a guide to his career, providing a retrospective of his most significant works. Each chapter considers one of 25 projects in a visual essay

      Antony Gormley
    • One and Other

      • 700 pages
      • 25 hours of reading

      Antony Gormley, a renowned English sculptor, is celebrated for iconic works such as the Angel of the North and Another Place. His public art often invites community interaction, exemplified by the One & Other project in 2009, where individuals were selected to occupy Trafalgar Square's Fourth Plinth for an hour, emphasizing the relationship between art and public participation. Gormley's sculptures explore themes of human presence and identity, making significant contributions to contemporary art.

      One and Other
    • V publikaci Gravitační pole nevyslovitelného dochází k setkání dialogu jazyka poezie a výtvarného umění. Kniha je záznamem dialogu významného anglického sochaře Antonyho Gormleye a české autorky poezie Pavly Melkové, v němž se postupně vyjevovala příbuznost cíle hledaného a obou jazyků na cestě k němu. Linie slov básně i čáry kresby jsou stopy přibližování k tvaru podstaty - světa, našeho života, vztahů, situací. Jsou stopami jeho obkružování, tahy imaginace. Tahy slov poezie a tahy linií kreseb v této knize obkružují tentýž střed a odvíjí se od stejného horizontu. Křížení stop zpřesňuje obrys. V ponoření do tahů skrze vědomí se objevuje jeden společný jazyk. A v tom je smysl jejich setkání. Kniha vychází dvojjazyčně, tak aby byla plnohodnotným dialogem obou autorů a přístupná v obou jazykových prostředích. Nakladatelská anotace. Kráceno.

      Gravitační pole nevyslovitelného = The Gravitational Field of the Inexpressible [grafika, poezie]