Antony Gormley

CAST BEAMERS, 2009 - 2018

The BEAMERS are an evolution of the early BLOCKWORKS and the recent BLOCKERS.

Rather than working with volumes that fit within the different parts of the body mass, the whole form is made up of interlocking beams that run in all three axes and touch the surface of the volume at both ends.

The BEAMERS describe the body in terms of the tectonics of post and lintel architecture, and attempt to translate body mass into the equivalent of a high-rise tower. Most of the early BEAMERS have a clockwork twist with the head turned 90 degrees from the feet.

The challenge going forward will be how to use the maximum differential of beam section and the minimum number of elements to evoke this observing body.

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CAST

CAST, 2009
Cast iron
192 x 37 x 45 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

CAST II

CAST II, 2009
Cast iron
192.5 x 45.5 x 35 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

CAST III

CAST III, 2009
Cast iron
193 x 45 x 37 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

CAST IV

CAST IV, 2009
Cast iron
192 x 45 x 37 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

CAST V

CAST V, 2009
Cast iron
192 x 46 x 36 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

CAST VI

CAST VI, 2009
Cast iron
192 x 45 x 37 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

TOWER II, 2010

TOWER II, 2010
Cast iron
191 x 44 x 34 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

TOWER III, 2010

TOWER III, 2010
Cast iron
192 x 45 x 35 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

WORK, 2010

WORK, 2010
Cast iron
191 x 42 x 39 cm
Installed at Kirklees College, Dewsbury in 2021
Photo: Stewart Jackson

TOWER IV, 2010

TOWER IV, 2010
Cast iron
192 x 46 x 35 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

HIDE II, 2014

HIDE II, 2014
Cast iron
185 x 42 x 55.5 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London