Angel of the North

The Hayward Gallery, as part of the relaunch season of Southbank Centre, is hosting one of the most exciting and ambitious exhibitions of recent years, presenting the first major London showing of the work of Antony Gormley, running from 17 May to 19 August 2007.

The exhibition, sponsored by Eversheds LLP, will feature a series of brand new monumental works specially conceived for the Hayward Gallery’s distinctive spaces, which move Gormley’s work in a radical new direction. It will include one of the largest ever urban public art commissions, Event  Horizon, which will feature sculptural casts of the artist’s body on rooftops and public walkways across  central London, dramatically transforming the city skyline.

For this exhibition, Gormley is creating a series of newly commissioned works which address fundamental questions of the body and space, appearance and disappearance, transformation and transcendence. These new works, including a spectacular series of suspended figures created in lightinfused webs of steel, will be shown alongside pieces from the last three decades.

Chosen by Hayward Gallery Director, Ralph Rugoff and Curator, Jacky Klein, in consultation with the artist, the selection includes Mother’s Pride (1982), Allotment II (1996) and Drawn (2000).

Event Horizon is one of London’s most ambitious public art commissions. Viewed from the vantage  point of the Hayward, the works are spread over a 1.5 sq km area, with some figures clearly visible and others sensed only as presences on the horizon. From daily commuters to tourists visiting London for the first time, Event Horizon will encourage people to look afresh at the city and will  explore the way people view and interact with their everyday surroundings.

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His Art

British sculptor Anthony Gormley sits amongst the sculptures of his dramatic work 'Critical Mass'

'Sculpted casts' by Antony Gormley at the Tate Modern Gallery

The artist and his work Quantum Cloud XI

Gormley's work 'Domain Field' is based on plaster moulds taken from the bodies from 284 volunteers

Gormley with one of his cast iron figures on Crosby beach, Merseyside

One of Gormley's figures - this one popped up on the roof of the Union Jack club in Sandell Street

The sculptures in 'Allotment' are cubic representations of humans constructed from measurements taken from volunteers

Gormley's latest work - a cloud chamber - is currently on display at the Hayward Gallery as part of their Blind light exhibition