Antony Gormley

BODY AND LIGHT, 1990 - 1996

Does space exist inside the body as much as outside? Is consciousness itself spatial?

Most of the BODY & LIGHT drawings were made at night in the Lake District at a house on Coniston Water. The open and fluid nature of drawing is investigated and its almost limitless possibilities celebrated.

The drawings consider light as energy and body as space. The relationship of container and contained (whether by water, earth or light) is explored  in medium and imagery: the body's relationship to another body; the relationship of the body to the Earth; falling bodies and foetal forms identified by a penumbra of light, floating in darkness or enclosed a single line, floating in light.

They make reference to immersion in water and weather, the feeling of being down and looking up, or allude to breaks and apertures. Depth is explored, as is the notion of going places in drawing which are not possible in life or sculpture: outer space or deep water. This delving into depth is also examined through the macroscopic and microscopic. They are oracular rather than definitive; evoking rather than describing.

The one exception is the work FLESH, which is a study for the making of a solid concrete cross with a body void inside.

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BODY AND LIGHT, 1990

BODY AND LIGHT, 1990
Carbon and casein on paper
15 x 21.5 cm

BOABAB, 1991

BOABAB, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
12 x 17.5 cm

COSY PLACE II, 1991

COSY PLACE II, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
14.5 x 19.5 cm

DOME, 1991

DOME, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
12.5 x 17.5 cm

HOST, 1991

HOST, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19.5 cm

HOVER, 1991

HOVER, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19.5 cm

INLET, 1991

INLET, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
12.5 x 17.5 cm

LIGHT PASSAGE, 1991

LIGHT PASSAGE, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

LINK, 1991

LINK, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
13 x 17 cm

LUNAR OSMOSIS, 1991

LUNAR OSMOSIS, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

STRETCH II, 1991

STRETCH II, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

STRETCH IV, 1991

STRETCH IV, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
12 x 19 cm

SUBCUTANEOUS FORM, 1991

SUBCUTANEOUS FORM, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
18 x 12.5 cm

VECTOR, 1991

VECTOR, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
13 x 17.5 cm

WHERE THE SPECIES CAME FROM, 1991

WHERE THE SPECIES CAME FROM, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
12.5 x 17.5 cm

BAR ONE, 1992

BAR ONE, 1992
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19.5 cm

BRAIN WAVE, 1992

BRAIN WAVE, 1992
Carbon and casein on paper
14.5 x 19.5 cm

DESCENT, 1992

DESCENT, 1992
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19.5 cm

EAVE, 1992

EAVE, 1992
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

ELECT, 1992

ELECT, 1992
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

FLOAT II, 1992

FLOAT II, 1992
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

NIGHT GROWTH, 1992

NIGHT GROWTH, 1992
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

PURSE, 1992

PURSE, 1992
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

SPLINT

SPLINT, 1992
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19.5 cm

THROUGH, 1992

THROUGH, 1992
Carbon and casein on paper
14.5 x 19.5 cm

BRAIN FIELD IV

BRAIN FIELD IV, 1992
Carbon and casein on paper
19 x 14 cm

HOLD II, 1993

HOLD II, 1993
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

IMMERSION, 1993

IMMERSION, 1993
Carbon and casein on paper
28 x 19 cm

SENSE, 1993

SENSE, 1993
Carbon and casein on paper
19 x 28 cm

SLEEP, 1993

SLEEP, 1993
Carbon and casein on paper
19.5 x 28.5 cm

ATTENDANT, 1994

ATTENDANT, 1994
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19.5 cm

CORRESPONDENCE, 1994

CORRESPONDENCE, 1994
Carbon and casein on paper
19.5 x 14 cm

NERVE (DIPTYCH), 1994

NERVE (DIPTYCH), 1994, 1993
Carbon and casein on paper
19 x 14 cm

OVER NORDLAND, 1994

OVER NORDLAND, 1994
Carbon and casein on paper
14.5 x 20 cm

RIM, 1994

RIM, 1994
Carbon and casein on paper
19.5 x 14 cm

CONSIDERED, 1994

CONSIDERED, 1994
Carbon and casein on paper
13.5 x 19 cm

33 ATMOSPHERES I, 1995

33 ATMOSPHERES I, 1995
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

33 ATMOSPHERES III, 1995

33 ATMOSPHERES III, 1995
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

HOME OF THE HEART I, 1995

HOME OF THE HEART I, 1995
Carbon and casein on paper
14.5 x 19 cm

COURT, 1996

COURT, 1996
Carbon and casein on paper
14.5 x 19.5 cm

DEAD SEA (NIGHT), 1996

DEAD SEA (NIGHT), 1996
Carbon and casein on paper
19 x 13.5 cm

LOST, 1996

LOST, 1996
Carbon and casein on paper
20 x 14 cm

STRUCTURE/ROAD, 1996

STRUCTURE/ROAD, 1996
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 18.5 cm

NEW TERRITORY, 1996

NEW TERRITORY, 1996
Pigment on paper
14.5 x 19 cm

CONCEPTION, 1991

CONCEPTION, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

Open Window, 1991

OPEN WINDOW, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
12.5 x 17.5 cm

GAP, 1991

GAP, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
14.3 x 19 cm

Plug, 1991

PLUG, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
12 x 17 cm

OLD HOME, 1994

OLD HOME, 1994
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19.1 cm

CHAMBER, 1995

CHAMBER, 1995
Carbon and casein on paper
19 x 14 cm

TO, 1991

TO, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
12.5 x 17 cm

Structure III, 1996

STRUCTURE III, 1996
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

Eye Berth, 1991

EYE BERTH, 1991
Carbon and casein on paper
17.5 x 12.5 cm

BRINK, 1992

BRINK, 1992
Carbon and casein on paper
19 x 14 cm

SPLINT, 1992

SPLINT, 1992
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19.5 cm

BRAIN FIELD IV, 1993

BRAIN FIELD IV, 1993
Carbon and casein on paper
19 x 14 cm

Sovereign State VIII, 1993

SOVEREIGN STATE VIII, 1993
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm

FLESH, 1995

FLESH, 1995
Carbon and casein on paper
12.5 x 18 cm

FROM BELOW, 1996

FROM BELOW, 1996
Carbon and casein on paper
19 x 14 cm

HAND OVER WATER, 1996

HAND OVER WATER, 1996
Carbon and casein on paper
14 x 19 cm