Antony Gormley is a British sculptor whose work uses the human body—usually his own—as the basis for investigating space, perception, and collective experience. His sculptures range from solid cast-iron figures to delicate linear networks that treat the body as a field of energy or a vessel for space.
Early works involved plaster and lead casts of his body, emphasizing weight, enclosure, and the tension between interior and exterior. Later series use stainless steel rods or interconnected polyhedral forms to map the body as open structure, dissolving solid mass into spatial geometry.
Large-scale public works, such as Angel of the North and the dispersed figures of Another Place, expand his inquiry into landscape and social space. These pieces measure territories—coasts, horizons, cityscapes—through the repetition or endurance of the human form.
Gormley’s installations often create situations for viewers to sense their own bodies: dark chambers that heighten sound and touch, dense fields of figures that alter navigation, or grids of steel rods that obscure vision.
Across decades, he has maintained a consistent exploration of embodiment, weight, and spatial relation, positioning the body as both subject and instrument of sculpture.
Antony Gormley is a British sculptor known for body-based works that explore space, perception, and the human condition through cast forms, open structures, and large-scale public installations.
Antony Gormley is a British sculptor whose body-based works—from cast-iron figures to open geometric networks—explore space, perception, and the relationship between the human form and its environment.
