Antony Gormley on Sculpture
English
By (author): Anthony Gormley Antony Gormley
The book is structured thematically over four chapters: the first explores Gormleys thoughts on the body, time and space in relation to major works including European Field (1993) and Still Standing (2011), Gormleys rehang of the classical rooms at the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg. The second chapter, Sculptors, was first delivered as a series of five lectures for the BBC; in each, Gormley discusses a sculpture he considers to be of huge creative importance: Epsteins The Rock Drill (191315), Brancusis The Endless Column (193538), Giacomettis La Place (194849), Joseph Beuyss Plight (1985) and Richard Serras The Matter of Time (2005). In the third chapter, Gormley outlines the influence of Buddhist and Jain sculpture on his work and ideas, and the fourth showcases the artists most recent sculptures. See more