Antony Gormley
Antony Gormley
Sir Antony Mark David Gormley, OBEis a British sculptor. His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture in Gateshead in the North of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998, Another Place on Crosby Beach near Liverpool, and Event Horizon, a multi-part site installation which premiered in London in 2007, around Madison Square in New York City, in 2010, in São Paulo, in 2012, and in Hong Kong in 2015-16...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionSculptor
Date of Birth30 August 1950
art believe views
Maybe this is a utopian view of art but I do believe that art can function as a vehicle, that it isn't just a cultural pursuit, something that happens in art galleries. Unless art is linked to experience and the fear and joy of that, it becomes mere icing on the cake.
art believe cities
I believe in the city as a natural human environment, but we must humanize it. It's art that will re-define public space in the 21st Century. We can make our cities diverse, inspirational places by putting art, dance and performance in all its forms into the matrix of street life.
depressing talking journalist
It is a depressing business talking to journalist.
horse adventure islands
I always like to look for adventure when I go away. I have gone on several horse adventures with my wife - from Guangxi we went up to the High Tibetan region. We also went along the Hurunui River on horseback in the South Island of New Zealand.
darkness world body
The elemental world we all live in is the darkness of the body.
art motivation inspiration
Art is not about objects of high monetary exchange. It's about reasserting our firsthand experience in present time.
art thinking desire
I have to say that I reject somewhat the distinction between something called art and something called public art. I think all art demands and desires to be seen.
want language ends
I want to start where language ends.
thinking people joy
Well, I think critics are very useful. But I think that they, in a way, betray their position when they stop people looking for themselves. Judgment is very easy, but I think, on the whole, professional critics maybe see too much, and compare too much, and forget the joy of actually looking and contemplating for its own sake.
catholic monk educated
I was educated by monks - I thank them dearly for the education they gave me, but I am no longer a Catholic.
beautiful art everyday
Making beautiful things for everyday use is a wonderful thing to do.. making life flow more easily.. but art confronts life, allowing it to stop and perhaps change direction.. they are completely different.
art understanding art-is
Art is not about understanding, it’s about experience.
art mean alive
Art is the means by which we communicate what it feels like to be alive.
art moving eye
We are not moving towards some kind of goal. We are at the goal, and it is changing with us. If art has any purpose, it is to open our eyes to that fact.