In Formation
London: White Cube, 2020. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 176pp. Original teal cloth with white lettering on cover and spine. Typographic design of double title page. Floor plans of the two levels of the exhibition. Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Antony Gormley In Formation" from November 13, 2019 to January 18, 2020, at the White Cube Mason's Yard.
"With the enormous and reductivist 'Stacke Cast Blockworks' and the more fragmented, 'pixelated' 'Cast Aggregate Blockworks', Antony Gormley continues his investigation into the place of the human body in the contemporary world, confronting it with the built environment as well as the ostensibly immaterial world of the digital. Originating from the artist's own body and his personal experience of its particular state, attitude, or posture in a given moment in time, the work generates a 'confrontational presentness' for the viewer, and the artist's body becomes a placeholder for human experience." (Christian Berger).
The preparation for the exhibition began with taking over the Davison Tine Metal foundry in 2016 and in this time the production of our castings was revolutionized. The collaboration between Mike Booth, Ashley Hipkin and Adam Humphries in the evolution of forms and the intelligent rethinking of the casting process has enabled the remarkable technical results shared in this exhibition. The catalog is illustrate with forty-six full page color images, eight of them on folded double pages, rendered in offset lithography, and b/w in-text reproductions of Gormley's work. Includes a catalog of works exhibited with specifications and thumbnail images in color. Beautifully produced publication of Gormley's landmark exhibition. Fine condition. Item #51913
ISBN: 9781910844403
Price: $175.00