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Antony Gormley in conversation with Frances Morris

30 May 2017 at 19.30–21.00
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Standing wire figure by Alberto Giacometti with a shadow behind it

Alberto Giacometti Man Pointing 1947 Tate © Alberto Giacometti Estate, ACS/DACS, 2017

Hear Antony Gormley and Frances Morris, curator of Giacometti to discuss one of the great painter-sculptors of the twentieth century

Antony Gormley is widely acclaimed for his sculptures, public artworks and drawings that investigate the relationship of the human body to space. Through a critical engagement with both his own body and those of others, his work confronts fundamental questions of where human beings stand in relation to nature and the cosmos. Gormley continually tries to identify the space of art as a place of becoming in which new behaviours, thoughts and feelings can arise. 

Antony Gormley’s work has been widely exhibited throughout the UK and internationally with exhibitions at Forte di Belvedere, Florence (2015); Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern (2014); Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia (2012); Deichtorhallen, Hamburg (2012); The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (2011); Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria (2010) and Hayward Gallery, London (2007). He has also participated in major group shows such as the Venice Biennale (1982 and 1986) and Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany (1987). Permanent public works include the ANGEL OF THE NORTH (Gateshead, England), ANOTHER PLACE (Crosby Beach, England) and CHORD (MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA). Gormley was awarded the Turner Prize in 1994, the South Bank Prize for Visual Art in 1999, the Bernhard Heiliger Award for Sculpture in 2007, the Obayashi Prize in 2012 and the Praemium Imperiale in 2013. In 1997 he was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) and was made a knight in the New Year’s Honours list in 2014.

Frances Morris is Director of Tate Modern and is the curator of Giacometti. 

This event has been provided by Tate Gallery on behalf of Tate Enterprises LTD.​

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