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The Royal Academy of Arts presents a solo exhibition of the internationally acclaimed British sculptor Antony Gormley (b. 1950), the most important exhibition in the UK for over a decade.

Following in the footsteps of Ai Weiwei and Anselm Kiefer, Antony Gormley takes over the Main Galleries with a series of works that test the scale and light of the RA’s architecture.

The exhibition explores Gormley’s wide-ranging use of organic, industrial and elemental materials over the years, including iron, steel, hand-beaten lead, seawater and clay.It also brings to light rarely-seen early works from the 1970s and 1980s, some of which led to Gormley using his own body as a tool to create work, as well as a selection of his pocket sketchbooks and drawings.

Throughout a series of experiential installations, some brand-new, some remade for the RA’s galleries, visitors are invited to slow down and become aware of their own bodies. Highlights include Clearing VII, an immersive ‘drawing in space’ made from kilometres of coiled, flexible metal, and Lost Horizon I, 24 life-size cast iron figures set at different orientations on the walls, floor and ceiling – challenging our perception of which way is up.

Perhaps best-known for his 200-tonne Angel of the North installation near Gateshead, and his project involving 24,000 members of the public for Trafalgar Square’s the Fourth Plinth, Antony Gormley is one of the UK’s most celebrated sculptors.

The exhibition is curated by Martin Caiger-Smith, with Sarah Lea, Curator at the Royal Academy of Arts.

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Millbank, London SW1P 4RG

Antony Gormley, Exhibition, Royal Academy, London: 21 September-3 December 2019

Monday:: 10:00 - 18:00
Tuesday:: 10:00 - 18:00
Wednesday:: 10:00 - 18:00
Thursday:: 10:00 - 18:00
Friday:: 10:00 - 22:00
Saturday:: 10:00 - 18:00
Sunday:: 10:00 - 18:00

Antony Gormley, Exhibition, Royal Academy, London: 21 September-3 December 2019

The Royal Academy of Arts presents a solo exhibition of the internationally acclaimed British sculptor Antony Gormley (b. 1950), the most important exhibition in the UK for over a decade.

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