
In Tate Modern
- Artist
- Gilberto Zorio born 1944
- Medium
- Terracotta, lead, glass and aluminium
- Dimensions
- Displayed: 1850 × 1800 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased with funds provided by an anonymous donor 2009
- Reference
- T12951
Display caption
Terracotta Circle looks back to ancient Greek and Roman ideas about human proportion. The diameter is based on the artist’s arm-span. The circle was moulded as he moved around at floor level. The work also marks out the height of the body, as a glass platform with a thin layer of lead hangs at head height. Many of Zorio’s early sculptures explored energy and change. He created works in which crystals grew on metallic structures, substances altered colour when damp and painted surfaces glowed under ultra-violet lights.
Gallery label, February 2020
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