ANTONY GORMLEY: STATES & CONDITIONS
WHITE CUBE HONG KONG
28 March 2014 – 3 May 2014
ANTONY
GORMLEY: STATES & CONDITIONS
WHITE CUBE
HONG KONG
28 March 2014
– 3 May 2014
White Cube is
pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Antony Gormley. With ‘States
and Conditions, Hong Kong’, Gormley turns the entire gallery architecture into
a psychic and physiological testing ground, using sculpture to animate space
and activate the built environment. The exhibition is designed to resonate
within the dense urban conditions particular to Hong Kong.
Dispersed
tactically throughout the gallery and its connecting stairways and passages,
the works in the exhibition invite the viewer’s active projection. Using
dramatic changes in material and scale, both the body of sculpture and that of
the viewer are included and excluded, made solid and dematerialised, allowed to
displace space but also to identify with it.
The works
invite circumnavigation and are catalysts for a choreography of movement. This
process is initiated by the first work the viewer encounters, Ease (2012),
which obstructs the main entrance from the street. This massive iron
‘Blockwork’ sculpture suggests an awkward occupation of the gallery
architecture, and encourages an awareness of our position in space and time.
Murmur (2014)
is a large-scale multiple ‘Space-Frame’ that fills the entire ground floor
gallery. Derived from Form (the life-size crouching ‘Blockwork’ sculpture
installed in the room directly above), its dimensions have been translated and
expanded outwards by frames which challenge the containing architecture,
allowing the viewer just a small passage between the surrounding walls and the
void contained inside this ‘frame-field’.
Several new
sculptures occupy the transitional spaces of the building. The half-scale
'Blockwork’, Small Prop III (2013), sits near to the front desk. Strain II
(2011), a steel ‘Liner’ work, maps the space of a body using a singular unending
loop installed high up on the stairwell wall. On the first-floor landing, a
vertical and horizontal line made from the same steel bar as Strain II, bisects
the space, interrogating the rules of architecture that physically order our
environment. These linear works suggest a larger, hidden connective system such
as a building’s plumbing or electrical circuitry but equally, recall the
interconnected nervous system of a human body.
The upstairs
gallery space is occupied by Form (2013), the crouching iron ‘Blockwork’ that
is the seed-form for Murmur on the ground floor. Like Ease, the ‘Blockwork’
attempts to reconsider the body as a building; anatomy has been replaced by
stacking, propping and cantilever, to form a static but dynamically unstable
whole.
Two more
‘Liner’ works, Secure (2012) and Transfer (2011), are installed in the upper
corridor and library. One animates the junction between wall and ceiling, and
the other hangs like the exposed filament of a light bulb. These sculptures are
interferences in the ordering of architectural space and the systems that
consolidate it.
The final
space of the exhibition includes three works that continue his investigation of
body and space: Gut XIII (2010), a vertical ‘Blockwork’ that uses the
architectural metaphor of the body as a building to full advantage, suggesting
the body as an unstable high-rise with the potential of imminent collapse;
Place II (2014), a life-size stainless steel ‘Expanded Framer’; and Reserve
(2013), a hermetic, sealed tank that contains a similarly expanded body-space
to Murmur, here made as a dark, invisible, still, sealed and waiting void.
Born in
London in 1950, Antony Gormley’s solo shows include Middelheim Museum, Antwerp
(2013); 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); Hayward Gallery, London
(2007); Malmö Konsthall, Sweden (1993) and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art,
Humlebæk, Denmark (1989). Major public works include Angel of the North (1998,
Gateshead, England); Another Place (2005, Crosby Beach, England) and Exposure
(2010, Lelystad, The Netherlands). He has also participated in major group
shows such as the ‘Venice Biennale’ (1982 and 1986) and ‘Documenta 8’, Kassel,
Germany (1987). Gormley won the Turner Prize in 1994, and was made a knight in
the New Year’s Honours list 2014. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Royal
Academy of Arts, London and since 2007 a British Museum Trustee.
You may reach
Antony Gormley’s interview with Pierre Tillet and exhibitions
news at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Paris, Zentrum Paul Klee, Gallery
Andersson Stockholm, , Xavier Hufkens Gallery and Middelheim Museum to click
below links.
http://mymagicalattic.blogspot.com.tr/2013/12/british-artist-antony-gormley.html
http://mymagicalattic.blogspot.com.tr/2015/03/antony-gormley-second-body-at-galerie.html
http://mymagicalattic.blogspot.com.tr/2014/09/antony-gormley-meet-at-gallery.html
SECURE 2012
6mm square key steel
Dimensions to be confirmed
Photo: Stephen White
6mm square key steel
Dimensions to be confirmed
Photo: Stephen White
TRANSFER 2011
6mm square key steel
13 3/4 x 111 x 17 11/16 in. (35 x 282 x 45 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
6mm square key steel
13 3/4 x 111 x 17 11/16 in. (35 x 282 x 45 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
PHOTO BY
VINCENT TSANG FROM WHITE CUBE
PHOTO BY
VINCENT TSANG FROM WHITE CUBE
BARE 2014
Carbon and casein on paper
7 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. (19.4 x 14.3 cm) (unframed)
Carbon and casein on paper
7 5/8 x 5 5/8 in. (19.4 x 14.3 cm) (unframed)
11 15/16 x 10 x 1
3/16 in. (30.4 x 25.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
BARE II - 2014
Carbon and casein on paper
7 9/16 x 5 9/16 in. (19.2 x 14.2 cm) (unframed)
11 15/16 x 10 x 1 3/16 in. (30.4 x 25.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
Carbon and casein on paper
7 9/16 x 5 9/16 in. (19.2 x 14.2 cm) (unframed)
11 15/16 x 10 x 1 3/16 in. (30.4 x 25.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
MANIFOLD VI - 2014
Carbon and casein on paper
7 9/16 x 5 11/16 in. (19.2 x 14.4 cm) (unframed)
11 15/16 x 10 x 1 3/16 in. (30.4 x 25.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
Carbon and casein on paper
7 9/16 x 5 11/16 in. (19.2 x 14.4 cm) (unframed)
11 15/16 x 10 x 1 3/16 in. (30.4 x 25.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
REST 2014
Carbon and casein on paper
7 1/2 x 5 9/16 in. (19 x 14.1 cm) (unframed)
11 15/16 x 10 x 1 3/16 in. (30.4 x 25.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
Carbon and casein on paper
7 1/2 x 5 9/16 in. (19 x 14.1 cm) (unframed)
11 15/16 x 10 x 1 3/16 in. (30.4 x 25.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
ROOM - 2014
Carbon and casein on paper
5 9/16 x 7 9/16 in. (14.1 x 19.2 cm) (unframed)
10 x 11 15/16 x 1 3/16 in. (25.4 x 30.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
Carbon and casein on paper
5 9/16 x 7 9/16 in. (14.1 x 19.2 cm) (unframed)
10 x 11 15/16 x 1 3/16 in. (25.4 x 30.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
PHOTO BY
VINCENT TSANG FROM WHITE CUBE
MURMUR 2014
20 x 20 mm stained stainless steel tube and plastic spigots
165 9/16 x 169 5/16 x 161 13/16 in. (420.5 x 430 x 411 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
20 x 20 mm stained stainless steel tube and plastic spigots
165 9/16 x 169 5/16 x 161 13/16 in. (420.5 x 430 x 411 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
MURMUR 2014
20 x 20 mm stained stainless steel tube and plastic spigots
165 9/16 x 169 5/16 x 161 13/16 in. (420.5 x 430 x 411 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
20 x 20 mm stained stainless steel tube and plastic spigots
165 9/16 x 169 5/16 x 161 13/16 in. (420.5 x 430 x 411 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
ANTONY GORMLEY'S
STUDIO PHOTOGRAPHS
STRAIN II - 2011
6mm square section mild steel bar
6mm square section mild steel bar
ROOM II - 2014
Carbon and casein on paper
5 9/16 x 7 1/2 in. (14.1 x 19 cm) (unframed)
Carbon and casein on paper
5 9/16 x 7 1/2 in. (14.1 x 19 cm) (unframed)
10 x 11 15/16 x 1
3/16 in. (25.4 x 30.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
STAND 2014
Carbon and casein on paper
7 9/16 x 5 9/16 in. (19.2 x 14.2 cm) (unframed)
11 15/16 x 10 x 1 3/16 in. (30.4 x 25.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
Carbon and casein on paper
7 9/16 x 5 9/16 in. (19.2 x 14.2 cm) (unframed)
11 15/16 x 10 x 1 3/16 in. (30.4 x 25.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
STAND II - 2014
Carbon and casein on paper
7 5/8 x 5 9/16 in. (19.3 x 14.2 cm) (unframed)
Carbon and casein on paper
7 5/8 x 5 9/16 in. (19.3 x 14.2 cm) (unframed)
11 15/16 x 10 x 1
3/16 in. (30.4 x 25.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
ROOM III - 2014
Carbon and casein on paper
5 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (14.3 x 19 cm) (unframed)
10 x 11 15/16 x 1 3/16 in. (25.4 x 30.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
Carbon and casein on paper
5 5/8 x 7 1/2 in. (14.3 x 19 cm) (unframed)
10 x 11 15/16 x 1 3/16 in. (25.4 x 30.4 x 3 cm) (framed)
PROP III - 2013
PHOTO BY
VINCENT TSANG FROM WHITE CUBE
SMALL PROP III - 2013
Cast iron
41 1/8 x 9 5/8 x 11 13/16 in. (104.5 x 24.5 x 30 cm)
Cast iron
41 1/8 x 9 5/8 x 11 13/16 in. (104.5 x 24.5 x 30 cm)
PHOTO BY
VINCENT TSANG FROM WHITE CUBE
GUT XIII - 2013
Cast iron
77 3/8 x 19 11/16 x 17 5/16 in. (196.5 x 50 x 44 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
Cast iron
77 3/8 x 19 11/16 x 17 5/16 in. (196.5 x 50 x 44 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
PLACE II - 2014
5mm square section stainless steel bar
75 9/16 x 28 9/16 x 25 in. (192 x 72.5 x 63.5 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
5mm square section stainless steel bar
75 9/16 x 28 9/16 x 25 in. (192 x 72.5 x 63.5 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
RESERVE 2013
4mm Corten steel
90 3/8 x 35 3/8 x 32 13/16 in. (229.5 x 89.8 x 83.4 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
4mm Corten steel
90 3/8 x 35 3/8 x 32 13/16 in. (229.5 x 89.8 x 83.4 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
PHOTO BY
VINCENT TSANG FROM WHITE CUBE
FORM 2013
Cast iron
28 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 24 13/16 in. (73 x 55 x 63 cm)
Cast iron
28 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 24 13/16 in. (73 x 55 x 63 cm)
FORM 2013
Cast iron
28 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 24 13/16 in. (73 x 55 x 63 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
Cast iron
28 3/4 x 21 5/8 x 24 13/16 in. (73 x 55 x 63 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
EASE 2012
Cast iron
12 3/8 x 59 7/16 x 28 1/8 in. (31.5 x 151 x 71.5 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
Cast iron
12 3/8 x 59 7/16 x 28 1/8 in. (31.5 x 151 x 71.5 cm)
Photo: Stephen White
PHOTO BY
VINCENT TSANG FROM WHITE CUBE
ANTONY GORMLEY
Antony Gormley is widely acclaimed for his sculptures,
installations and public artworks that investigate the relationship of the
human body to space. His work has developed the potential opened up by
sculpture since the 1960s through a critical engagement with both his own body and
those of others in a way that confronts fundamental questions of where human
being stands 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. Gormley's work has been widely exhibited
throughout the UK and internationally with exhibitions at Centro Cultural Banco
do Brasil, São Paulo, Rio di Janeiro and Brasilia (2012); Deichtorhallen,
Hamburg (2012); The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (2011); Kunsthaus
Bregenz, Austria (2010); Hayward Gallery, London (2007); Malmö Konsthall,
Sweden (1993) and Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (1989). 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), Inside Australia (Lake Ballard, Western Australia) and
Exposure (Lelystad, The
Netherlands). Gormley was awarded the Turner Prize in 1994, the
South Bank Prize for Visual Art in 1999 and the Bernhard Heiliger Award for
Sculpture in 2007. In 1997 he was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE).
He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects, an
Honorary Doctor of the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Trinity and
Jesus Colleges, Cambridge. Gormley has been a Royal Academician since 2003 and
a British Museum Trustee since 2007. Antony Gormley was born in London in 1950.
http://www.antonygormley.com/biography
