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Biography
British artist born in London. He spent several years in India, where he developed an interest in Buddhism, before returning to London to study sculpture. 1974-75 Central School of Art, 1975-77 Goldsmith’s School of Art, 1977-79 Slade School of Fine Art, London. 1981 First one-person exhibitions, Serpentine Gallery and Whitechapel Gallery, London. 1986 Venice Biennale, Prospect ’86, Kunstverein, Frankfurt, 1987 “documenta 8”, 1989 Louisiana MoMA, Humlebaek, Denmark, 1995 Koji Ogura, Nagoya, Japan. In 1994 awarded Tate Gallery’s Turner Prize. His works include the Field series, made in collaboration with communities around the world. Most of Antony Gormley's sculptures, are made from casts of the artist's body. Working with an assistant, Gormley wraps himself in cling-film, scrim (a type of jute cloth) and wet plaster. When the plaster has hardened, he is cut out of the mould. The cast is then reassembled, reinforced and covered in lead. Far from being self-portraits, however, Gormley's sculptures represent a kind of Everyman. He also makes numerous references in his work to mythology, history and religion. By making his sculptures interact with the gallery space, Gormley implicates the viewer's own body in his work: 'The space that the work is installed in is part of the work', he has said. Lives in London.
Exhibitions
Antony Gormley Tate - Liverpool, United Kingdom 01-11-1993 ~ 31-12-1993
Antony Gormley Museum of Modern Art, The (Dublin), Rep. Ireland 01-01-1994 ~ 28-02-1994
Antony Gormley Arts Club of Chicago, USA 01-03-1994 ~ 31-05-1994
Die Muse Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac (Salzburg), Austria 01-07-1995 ~ 30-11-1995
Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal 10-10-2003 ~ 13-03-2004
Grande Escala - Colecção Berardo Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal 09-10-2004 ~ 18-03-2005
The Berardo Collection Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 17-05-1997 ~ 31-08-1997
Face - a - Face Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 02-10-2001 ~ 30-04-2001
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 22-10-2002 ~ 28-02-2003
3D - The Berardo Collection at the Portugeuse Parlement Assembleia da República, Portugal 17-04-2007 ~ 20-08-2007
Arriscar o Real Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 08-06-2009 ~ 30-09-2009
Observers Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal 14-02-2011 ~ 29-05-2011
Bibliography
Antony Gormley, 1994 Published by Turner Prize
Corpus: Visions of the Body in The Berardo Collection, 2003 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém ISBN 9728176856
Die Muse?, 1995 Published by Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Grande Escala - The Berardo Collection, 2004 Published by Centro das Artes - Casa das Mudas ISBN 972890200X
Territórios Singulares na Colecção Berardo, 2002 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 972974288X
The Berardo Collection – Sintra Museum of Modern Art, 1996 Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo ISBN 9729739105
Zero Degrees - Festival de Almada, 2006 Published by CCB - Centro Cultural de Belém
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