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Antony Gormley
From the British coastline to the rooftops of Manhattan, Antony Gormley鈥檚 sculptures are recognised across the world. With work from his 45-year career alongside major new installations created for our galleries, we present his most ambitious exhibition in more than ten years.
Following in the footsteps of Ai Weiwei and Anselm Kiefer, Antony Gormley will be the next artist to take over our Main Galleries with a series of works that test the scale and light of the RA鈥檚 architecture.
The exhibition will explore Gormley鈥檚 wide-ranging use of organic, industrial and elemental materials over the years, including iron, steel, hand-beaten lead, seawater and clay. We will also bring to light rarely-seen early works from the 1970s and 1980s, some of which led to Gormley using his own body as a tool to create work, as well as a selection of his pocket sketchbooks and drawings.
Throughout a series of experiential installations, some brand-new, some remade for the RA鈥檚 galleries, we will invite visitors to slow down and become aware of their own bodies. Highlights include Clearing VII, an immersive 鈥榙rawing in space鈥� made from kilometres of coiled, flexible metal which visitors find their own path through, and Lost Horizon I, 24 life-size cast iron figures set at different orientations on the walls, floor and ceiling 鈥� challenging our perception of which way is up.
Perhaps best-known for his 200-tonne Angel of the North installation near Gateshead, and his project involving 24,000 members of the public for Trafalgar Square鈥檚 the Fourth Plinth, Antony Gormley is one of the UK鈥檚 most celebrated sculptors.
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From the British coastline to the rooftops of Manhattan, Antony Gormley鈥檚 sculptures are recognised across the world. With work from his 45-year career alongside major new installations created for our galleries, we present his most ambitious exhibition in more than ten years.
Following in the footsteps of Ai Weiwei and Anselm Kiefer, Antony Gormley will be the next artist to take over our Main Galleries with a series of works that test the scale and light of the RA鈥檚 architecture.
The exhibition will explore Gormley鈥檚 wide-ranging use of organic, industrial and elemental materials over the years, including iron, steel, hand-beaten lead, seawater and clay. We will also bring to light rarely-seen early works from the 1970s and 1980s, some of which led to Gormley using his own body as a tool to create work, as well as a selection of his pocket sketchbooks and drawings.
Throughout a series of experiential installations, some brand-new, some remade for the RA鈥檚 galleries, we will invite visitors to slow down and become aware of their own bodies. Highlights include Clearing VII, an immersive 鈥榙rawing in space鈥� made from kilometres of coiled, flexible metal which visitors find their own path through, and Lost Horizon I, 24 life-size cast iron figures set at different orientations on the walls, floor and ceiling 鈥� challenging our perception of which way is up.
Perhaps best-known for his 200-tonne Angel of the North installation near Gateshead, and his project involving 24,000 members of the public for Trafalgar Square鈥檚 the Fourth Plinth, Antony Gormley is one of the UK鈥檚 most celebrated sculptors.
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