Building VI - Montréal, Québec
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N 45° 29.953 W 073° 34.810
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Cette sculpture en acier inoxydable a été réalisé par Antony Gormley en 2003. This stainless steel sculpture was created by Antony Gormley in 2003
Waymark Code: WMZCBW
Location: Québec, Canada
Date Posted: 10/18/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Outspoken1
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Anthony Gormley

Né à Londres en 1950, Antony Gormley étudie l’archéologie, l’anthropologie et l’histoire de l’art au Trinity College de Cambridge. Entre 1971 et 1974, il voyage en Inde et s’initie à la méditation Vipassana. À son retour à Londres, il étudie la sculpture à la Central School of Art and Design, au Goldsmith College et à la Slade School of Fine Art. Gormley a ravivé l’image humaine dans la sculpture par de profondes investigations sur le corps comme sujet, outil et matériau. Il a ainsi été l’un des principaux artisans, au même titre que Tony Cragg ou Anish Kapoor, du renouveau de la sculpture britannique dans les années 1980. Son Ange du Nord (1998) à Gateshead, en Angleterre, et son Nuage Quantum (1999) sur la Tamise, à Greenwich, figurent parmi les plus célèbres sculptures contemporaines britanniques, et les plus monumentales depuis Henry Moore. Antony Gormley a notamment été récompensé par le prix Turner en 1994, année où une importante rétrospective, présentée d’abord à Malmö (Suède), a été reprise dans différents grands musées européens. American Field (1991), l’une de ses œuvres les plus fameuses, a été présentée au Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal en 1993.

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Anthony Gormley:

Born in London in 1950, Antony Gormley studied archaeology, anthropology and art history at Trinity College, Cambridge. Travelling in India from 1971 to 1974, he was introduced to Vipassana meditation. On his return to London, he studied sculpture at the Central School of Art and Design, Goldsmiths’ College, and Slade School of Fine Art. By thoroughly exploring the body as subject, tool, and material, Gormley restored the image of the human form in sculpture. In doing so, he was one of the principal architects, along with Tony Cragg and Anish Kapoor, of the revival of British sculpture in the 1980s. His Angel of the North (1998) in Gateshead, England, and Quantum Cloud (1999), located in Greenwich, on the Thames, are among the most famous of contemporary British sculptures, and the most monumental since those created by Henry Moore. Antony Gormley was awarded the Turner Prize in 1994, the same year that a major retrospective of his work that had first been shown in Malmö, Sweden was presented in a number of major European museums. American Field (1991), one of his most celebrated works, was exhibited at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts in 1993.

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Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Building VI

Figure Type: Human

Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Antony Gormley

Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 2003

Materials used: Cube d'acier inoxydable - Stainless steel cube

Location: Près du Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal - Not far from the Montreal Museum of Arts

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