Antony Gormley

CAST BLOCKWORKS, 2005 - 2018

The CAST BLOCKWORKS arose from an attempt to consolidate the relationship between mass and space that had become dispersed in earlier BLOCKWORKS, where the matrices were constructed from six pre-determined rectangular block sizes and had a grid-rule in the their cross-binding.

The CAST BLOCKWORKS replace anatomy with architectonic volumes using stacking, cantilever and balance to achieve a stable structure that is still dynamic.

Increasingly, the blocks have become more robust, often extending beyond the skin in an attempt to evoke particular feelings and tensions. The challenge is to find a way to employ this architectonic language to provoke empathetic feeling.

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SETTLE

SETTLE, 2005
Cast iron
41 x 110 x 70 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

QUARTERS I

QUARTERS I, 2005
Cast iron
196 x 59 x 38 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

SETTLEMENT III

SETTLEMENT III, 2005
Cast iron
25.5 x 210 x 62 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

COTCH

COTCH, 2006
Cast iron
90 x 80 x 75 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

SPACE STATION MODEL II, 2007

SPACE STATION MODEL II, 2007
Cast iron
55 x 75 x 85 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

LOSS II

LOSS II, 2008
Cast iron
171 x 52 x 50 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

GUARD, 2015

GUARD, 2015
Cast iron
189.5 x 42 x 41 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

SLEW II, 2015

SLEW II, 2015
Cast iron
196 x 52 x 36.5 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

ASSUAGE, 2015

ASSUAGE, 2015
Cast iron
211.5 x 39.5 x 47 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

VICE, 2015

VICE, 2015
Cast iron
66 x 60 x 60 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

CLIMB, 2015

CLIMB, 2015
Cast iron
140 x 59 x 83 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

CURL, 2015

CURL, 2015
Cast iron
84 x 43 x 82 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

CRUNCH, 2015

CRUNCH, 2015
Cast iron
88.5 x 52.5 x 70 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

FAZE III, 2015

FAZE III, 2015
Cast iron
204 x 47.5 x 48 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

STOCK III, 2017

STOCK III, 2017
Cast iron
187 x 45 x 38 cm
548 Kg
Photograph by Stephen White, London

PAUSE, 2018

PAUSE, 2018
Cast iron
173.5 x 45.7 x 37.2 cm
Photograph by Stephen White & Co.
© the artist

VEER III, 2018

VEER III, 2018
Cast iron
193 x 56 x 30 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London
© the artist

FIGURE, 2019

FIGURE, 2019
Cast iron
176 x 44.2 x 35.6 cm
Photograph by Stephen White & Co.

STEM, 2019

STEM, 2019
Cast iron
62.6 x 38.1 x 58 cm (11 blocks)
© the artist

DOUBT, 2020

DOUBT, 2020
Cast iron
180.5 x 53.4 x 43.3 cm
Installation view, Wells Cathedral
Photograph by Tom Hull

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