Antony Gormley

MEET, GALLERI ANDERSSON/SANDSTRöM, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, 2014

21 August - 4 October 2014

The exhibition MEET turned the gallery's architecture into a psychic and physiological testing ground. Gormley presented twelve new works.

MEET was based on an architectural language where the cube functions as the basic element. Dispersed tactically throughout the gallery spaces as a series of alternating singular and paired interventions, the sculptures invited circumnavigation and were intended as catalysts for a choreography of movement.

The most comprehensive work in the exhibition was MATRIX, a site-specific sculpture made from black 6 mm steel bar on a 200 mm grid re-enforcing bar. The scale was defined by the dimensions of the room. At its centre was a body-scaled void, 180 x 60 x 40 cm, created by the eleven interwoven volumes that colonised each other's space. The work applied a cross-hatching technique, a graphic device used to deal with space, light and shade, here used structurally to capture space itself. This created an optical effect, where foreground and background were constantly shifting and confusing a sense of orientation and stability in the room.

MATRIX, 2014

MATRIX, 2014
5 mm mild steel reinforcing mesh
360 x 395 x 355 cm
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

MATRIX, 2014

MATRIX, 2014
5 mm mild steel reinforcing mesh
360 x 395 x 355 cm
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

MATRIX, 2014

MATRIX, 2014
5 mm mild steel reinforcing mesh
360 x 395 x 355 cm
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

INTROVERT, 2014

INTROVERT, 2014
4 mm Corten steel
191.4 x 42 x 33.4 cm
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

WAKE, 2013 (foreground)

WAKE, 2013 (FOREGROUND)
4 mm Corten steel
71.3 x 78.5 x 204.5 cm
INTROVERT, 2014
4 mm Corten steel
191.4 x 42 x 33.4 cm
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

WAKE, 2013

WAKE, 2013
4 mm Corten steel
71.3 x 78.5 x 204.5 cm
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

WAKE, 2013 (foreground)

WAKE, 2013 (FOREGROUND)
4 mm Corten steel
71.3 x 78.5 x 204.5 cm
MATRIX, 2014 (background)
5 mm mild steel reinforcing mesh
360 x 395 x 355 cm
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

MATRIX, 2014; WAKE, 2013; INTROVERT, 2014

MATRIX, 2014; WAKE, 2013; INTROVERT, 2014
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

CO-ORDINATE II, 2014 (foreground)

CO-ORDINATE II, 2014 (FOREGROUND)
6 mm square section mild steel bar
One horizontal and one vertical dissecting line, dimensions variable
MEET, 2014 (background)
3 mm square section stainless steel bar
191.5 x 56 x 50 cm
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2

MEET, 2014

MEET, 2014
3 mm square section stainless steel bar
191.5 x 56 x 50 cm
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

MEET, 2014; CO-ORDINATE II, 2014; CONSOLE II, 2014

MEET, 2014; CO-ORDINATE II, 2014; CONSOLE II, 2014
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

CO-ORDINATE II, 2014 (foreground)

CO-ORDINATE II, 2014 (FOREGROUND)
6 mm square section mild steel bar
One horizontal and one vertical dissecting line, dimensions variable
CONSOLE II, 2014 (background)
4 mm Corten steel and air
216.4 x 73.7 x 72.5 cm
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 201

CO-ORDINATE II, 2014 (foreground)

CO-ORDINATE II, 2014 (FOREGROUND)
6 mm square section mild steel bar
One horizontal and one vertical dissecting line, dimensions variable
CONSOLE II, 2014 (background)
4 mm Corten steel and air
216.4 x 73.7 x 72.5 cm
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 201

WAKE, 2013

WAKE, 2013
4 mm Corten steel and air
71.3 x 78.5 x 204.5 cm
CONSOLE II, 2014 (background)
4 mm Corten steel and air
216.4 x 73.7 x 72.5 cm
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

HOVE, 2014; DAZE, 2014; HEEL, 2014

HOVE, 2014; DAZE, 2014; HEEL, 2014
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

MEET, 2014

MEET, 2014
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

MEET, 2014

MEET, 2014
Installation view, Galleri Andersson/Sandström Stockholm, 2014
Photograph by Jean-Baptiste Béranger

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