antony gormley: »horizon field«
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His works are concerned mainly with man and his complex relationships with society, architecture and nature. The focus of his work is on the human figure which he, starting from his own body, presents as individual figures and as part of large ensembles in new sculptural constellations.
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“Horizon Field” comprises one hundred life-size casts of a human body made from solid cast iron distributed over an area of 150 square kilometres such that they form a horizontal line at 2,039 m above sea level. It is the greatest artistic and scenic intervention in Austria to date. In the form of the “Horizon Field” project in the Bregenzerwald and in the Arlberg area in the municipalities of Mellau, Schoppernau, Schröcken, Warth, Mittelberg, Lech, Klösterle and Dalaas, this is the first time such an art project has been realised in the mountains – and at such a high altitude to boot.
The specific positioning of the figures has no metaphoric or thematic relevance. The positioning is the result of the artist’s experience that this altitude is readily accessible yet remote from everyday life. The outstanding artist Antony Gormley is one of the most important contemporary sculptors in Great Britain.
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Along with British artist Antony Gormley, Kunsthaus Bregenz is realising the unique landscape project “Horizon Field” in Vorarlberg, which can be viewed until April 2012.
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Antony Gormley – Horizon Field © Antony Gormley and Kunsthaus Bregenz
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