Antony Gormley
born 1950
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In the Studio: Eva Hesse and Antony Gormley
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Biography
Sir Antony Mark David Gormley, (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture in Gateshead in the North of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998, Another Place on Crosby Beach near Liverpool, and Event Horizon, a multi-part site installation which premiered in London in 2007, around Madison Square in New York City, in 2010, in São Paulo, Brazil, in 2012, and in Hong Kong in 2015–16.
In 2008 The Daily Telegraph ranked Gormley number 4 in their list of the "100 most powerful people in British culture".
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Antony Gormley Bed
1980–1
Antony Gormley Space
1986
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Antony Gormley: Breaking bread
The artist talks about the creation of his sculpture Bed 1980-1
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Antony Gormley on London | Artist Cities
From squatting in Kings Cross to realising his own bespoke studio Antony Gormley has witnessed London’s transformation from its ...
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The Politics of Cultural Disruption: Sky Arts Artichoke Salon Series at Tate
Is public art more than second-rate sculptors and failed performers cluttering the streets? Artichoke, producers of events like Antony Gormley ...
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Antony Gormley: Artist's Talk
Antony Gormley talks to broadcaster Tim Marlow about the inspiration and thinking behind his work.
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Jeanette Winterson - Conversations with Magic Stones
Prize-winning author, Jeanette Winterson, talked about work by four twentieth-century sculptors and installation artists who challenge the way we see ...
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Antony Gormley on Alberto Giacometti
Catch up with Tate Modern director Frances Morris as she interviews artist Sir Antony Gormley
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New British sculpture
The term New British sculpture applies to the work of young British sculptors in the 1980s who, in reaction to ...