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Antony Gormley: Body Space
Sean Kelly announces Bodyspace, an exhibition of new work by Antony Gormley. Bodyspace is the inaugural solo exhibition at Sean Kelly鈥檚 new location at 475 Tenth Avenue. This is the first opportunity to see new work by Antony Gormley in New York since his acclaimed Event Horizon installation in and around Madison Square Park in 2010.
Bodyspace expands Gormley鈥檚 investigation into the polarizing effects of mass and energy through the installation of two new works in the gallery鈥檚 main exhibition space. Shore II, which comprises a 9.3-ton monolithic iron block and a crouched body formed of smaller blocks positioned against it, explores the relationship of the body to architecture. The intense solidity of Shore II is countered by Signal, a sculpture from Gormley鈥檚 Liner series, works he considers to be drawings in space. This straight 6-millimeter mild steel line becomes a twisting helix as it maps the inner space of a prone body, referencing the connective structures of electricity and implying a transmission that passes from body to city. In its reduced but rigorous geometry of 90-degree bends, the work both utilizes and escapes from the grid.
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Sean Kelly announces Bodyspace, an exhibition of new work by Antony Gormley. Bodyspace is the inaugural solo exhibition at Sean Kelly鈥檚 new location at 475 Tenth Avenue. This is the first opportunity to see new work by Antony Gormley in New York since his acclaimed Event Horizon installation in and around Madison Square Park in 2010.
Bodyspace expands Gormley鈥檚 investigation into the polarizing effects of mass and energy through the installation of two new works in the gallery鈥檚 main exhibition space. Shore II, which comprises a 9.3-ton monolithic iron block and a crouched body formed of smaller blocks positioned against it, explores the relationship of the body to architecture. The intense solidity of Shore II is countered by Signal, a sculpture from Gormley鈥檚 Liner series, works he considers to be drawings in space. This straight 6-millimeter mild steel line becomes a twisting helix as it maps the inner space of a prone body, referencing the connective structures of electricity and implying a transmission that passes from body to city. In its reduced but rigorous geometry of 90-degree bends, the work both utilizes and escapes from the grid.
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