Over the last 25 years, Antony Gormley, Britain’s best-known living sculptor, has revitalised the human image through a radical investigation of the body as a place of memory and transformation. This richly illustrated catalogue accompanies the Hayward exhibition, Gormley’s first major showing in a public gallery in London.
The book includes photographs of new works specially commissioned for the Hayward, featuring the colossal Space Station, a six metre high steel work built in direct response to the Hayward’s architecture, and Event Horizon, an installation of around 30 sculptures sited on buildings spreading outwards from the Hayward and dramatically infesting the city skyline. The book also includes a visual essay by Gormley with his own photography and captions, showing a new side to the artist through his diverse sources of inspiration. An interview with Hayward Director Ralph Rugoff and Curator Jacky Klein looks at Gormley’s place in contemporary culture and the history of art. A rich, unique and intimate companion to the exhibition.