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Antony Gormley

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Antony Gormley

(Born 1950, works in London)

Together and Apart, 1998 (placed at Wanås 2001)

Solid cast iron

189 x 48 x 24 cm

Donation from the artist

Since the 1980s, Antony Gormley has worked with sculptures of human bodies in different postures and gestures. He is interested in the body as an intermediary of language, feelings, and thoughts. His choice of material varies, from lead to iron, clay to brick, in formats that range from 8 centimeters to 53 meters tall. Together and Apart is a full-scale, solid iron cast of the artist’s own body. Gormley positions his body very deliberately when it is wrapped in preparation for the casting process. In his art, he seeks to create universal, timeless works with which the viewer can identify. His sculptures often have closed eyes to emphasize the human’s inner self in contrast to the distinct dimensions of the body. “I don’t need to invent a body, I have one that I am inside […] the space we all inhabit when we close our eyes,” he says. Gormley exhibited at Wanås in 1998 with thin, stroke-like figures that resembled the petroglyphs in nearby Frännarp.