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Antony GORMLEY biography | artworks | events

Gormley introduces his body as the starting point for his work. He cast his body in various poses- however, rather than showing the cast of his body, he generalizes the individual body by showing the outside mass that has enveloped his body parts. In Reflection (2001), we cannot see the details of the face or the body of the artist, but can see the semi- abstract form of the outside mass that contains what is inside. With the inside hollowed out, it exists as a boundary between the body that is contained and what contains, and it can be understood as the attempt to visualize the ‘in-between’ of the inside and the outside. It is also an attempt to visualize the existence of the body by its absence, which is confirmed by the mass that envelops the hollowed out space where once the body was. The work has a window in between which makes the installation look like a reflection in a mirror, but it consists of two exactly same sculptures facing each other. Like so, Gormley’s work is not a complete work in itself, but rather the meaning is found in interaction with the space where the work is located.

 

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