Antony Gormley

BIG BLOCKWORKS, 2012 - 2017

The series started with the idea of building using physical pixels, but the small blocks turned into ever bigger blocks and description gave way to the realisation that the way one block sat on top of another could carry the feeling of inhabiting a body.  At this larger scale, what the blocks do to each other is the critical thing.

When you are standing around and doing nothing in particular, it is nice to stack your arms on top of your head. Suddenly you are a sculpture: you can feel those weights and measures   ­­ΜΆ   not as they can be depicted but as they are.

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BIG WARD, 2013

BIG WARD, 2013
Cast iron
331 x 57.5 x 50 cm
Installation view, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, 2013
Photograph by Ulrich Ghezzi

REST IV, 2013

REST IV, 2013
Cast iron
145.2 x 325.1 x 249.6 cm
Installation view, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, 2013

BIG WITNESS, 2013

BIG WITNESS, 2013
Cast iron
308 x 63.5 x 45 cm
Photograph by Charles Duprat

BIG GUT

BIG GUT, 2013
Cast iron
297 x 77 x 64.5 cm
Photograph by Todd-White Art Photography

BIG CRIB, 2014

BIG CRIB, 2014
Cast iron
302.5 x 57 x 61 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

BIG SEIZE, 2014

BIG SEIZE, 2014
Cast iron
303 x 77 x 49.5 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

BIG GUT II, 2014

BIG GUT II, 2014
Cast iron
297 x 73 x 68 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

BIG LOOK, 2014

BIG LOOK, 2014
Cast iron
307 x 64.5 x 47 cm
Installation view Jardin des Tuileries, Paris, France, 2015
Photograph by Charles Duprat

BIG ASSAY, 2014

BIG ASSAY, 2014
Cast iron
313 x 58.5 x 54.5 cm
2415 Kg
Photograph by Stephen White, London

BIG SHUCK, 2014

BIG SHUCK, 2014
Cast iron
294 x 64 x 82 cm
2602 Kg
Photography by Stephen White, London

BIG PROP II, 2014

BIG PROP II, 2014
Cast iron
312.5 x 73 x 87.5 cm
Installation White Cube Bermondsey
Photograph by Benjamin Westoby

BIG SWITCH, 2014

BIG SWITCH, 2014
Cast iron
295 x 59 x 50 cm
Installation view, BIENNALE INTERNATIONALE SAINT PAUL DE VENCE, Saint Paul de Vence, France, 2018
Photograph by Lionel Bouffier

BIG PLUCK, 2014

BIG PLUCK, 2014
Cast iron
309 x 65.5 x 54.5 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

BIG HUNCH, 2014

BIG HUNCH, 2014
Cast iron
312 x 63.5 x 45 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

BIG SPACE, 2014

BIG SPACE, 2014
Cast iron
311.5 x 69 x 55.5 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

SECOND BODY

SECOND BODY, 2014
Installation view, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, France
Photograph by Charles Duprat

SECOND BODY

SECOND BODY, 2014
Installation view, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, France
Photograph by Charles Duprat

BIG GAUGE II, 2014

BIG GAUGE II, 2014
Cast iron
329 x 73 x 44 cm
Installation view Beyond Limits, Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, 2015
Photograph by Heath Cooper

BIG STOP II, BIG STOP, BIG STOP III, BIG STOP IV, 2014 - 2015

BIG STOP II, BIG STOP, BIG STOP III, BIG STOP IV, 2014 - 2015
Cast iron
Dimensions variable
Photograph by Ben Westoby, White Cube

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