Korte beschrijving/Annotatie

Catalogus bij de tentoonstelling Geestgrond van Antony Gormley in het Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten Antwerpen. De uitgave behandelt sculptuur en tentoonstelling in relatie tot de spanning tussen materie en geest, uitgewerkt via lichamelijke aanwezigheid, materialiteit en dematerialisering. Gormleys werk wordt gevolgd van vroege loden body cases tot recente sculpturen. De tentoonstelling staat in dialoog met de historische collectie van het museum en de stad Antwerpen. De catalogus bevat installatiebeelden, meer dan 275 kleurenplaten, een curatorieel essay, een chronologie-anthologie en een studie van Gormleys body-casttechnieken.

Tekst achterflap

This catalogue accompanies Antony Gormley’s exhibition Geestgrond at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. Combining geest (spirit, mind, breath) and grond (earth, soil, foundation), the title joins matter and mind, grounding thought in material form. This condition runs through Gormley’s work, from early lead body cases to recent sculptures where the body remains present and grounded even in its most dematerialised states.

Marking the most comprehensive presentation of Gormley’s work in continental Europe, the exhibition unfolds in dialogue with the museum’s historic collection and the city of Antwerp. With installation views and over 275 colour plates, a new essay by the curator, an extensive chronology-anthology, and the first scholarly study of Gormley’s body-cast techniques, Antony Gormley. Geestgrond traces the roots and ongoing relevance of a practice that asks: what does it mean to be human today?

Beschrijving

This catalogue accompanies Antony Gormley’s exhibition Geestgrond at the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp. Combining geest (spirit, mind, breath) and grond (earth, soil, foundation), the title joins matter and mind, grounding thought in material form. This condition runs through Gormley’s work, from early lead body cases to recent sculptures where the body remains present and grounded even in its most dematerialised states.

Marking the most comprehensive presentation of Gormley’s work in continental Europe, the exhibition unfolds in dialogue with the museum’s historic collection and the city of Antwerp. With installation views and over 275 colour plates, a new essay by the curator, an extensive chronology-anthology, and the first scholarly study of Gormley’s body-cast techniques, Antony Gormley. Geestgrond traces the roots and ongoing relevance of a practice that asks: what does it mean to be human today?

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