Antony Gormley

UK

Cast iron · Steel · Lead

Antony Gormley (b. 1950, London) has spent 40 years using the human body — primarily his own — as the basis for sculpture that investigates the relationship between body, space, and time. Angel of the North (1998) is among the most recognised public sculptures in the world. Works installed across six continents in more than 30 countries. Turner Prize winner 1994. Works held by Tate, MoMA, and major collections worldwide. Represented by White Cube.

Gormley's sculptures begin with a cast of his own body — but they are not self-portraits. They are propositions about what it means to occupy space. Each figure is a test site for the relationship between interior experience and the external world. The body is used not as subject but as tool: a measure of space, time, and the fundamental condition of being here.