Antony Gormley

by John Hutchinson and Lela B. Njatin

Recipient of the 1994 Turner Prize Antony Gormley (b.1950) is an internationally acclaimed British artist who has revitalized the human figure in sculpture. Often cast from his own body, his lead and iron figures are sites for the exploration of states of being. Generating controversy and passion, Gormley's public sculptures raise key issues about the relation between art, society and the environment as a metaphysical and political realm. In the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714839523
• ISBN13: 9780714839523
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.9" x 11.5"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary