ANTONY GORMLEY
curated by Peter Fischer
Zentrum Paul Klee
Monument im Fruchtland 3 - Bern
5/9/2014 - 11/1/2015
The Zentrum Paul Klee is presenting the first solo exhibition of Antony Gormley in a Swiss museum.
EXPANSION FIELD is a continuation of the various "Field" works made throughout Gormley’s working life, including EUROPEAN FIELD and ASIAN FIELD, where tens of thousands of tiny clay figures occupy an indoor space; or in fields which cannot be understood at first sight, such as HORIZON FIELD in Bregenzer Wald, where a number of life-sized figures placed at the same height above sea level occupy an area of over 150 square kilometres.
These works are derived from captured moments of lived time that on the one hand can be associated with Body and Performance Art, and on the other, EXPANSION FIELD can be seen in relation to prehistoric monuments such as the Megalithic avenues of Carnac in Brittany and as a comment on the urban grid of Manhattan. EXPANSION FIELD has a strong affinity with the serial works of Donald Judd, including his monumental installation at Marfa in Texas, or with The Lightning Field of Walter De Maria. It re-examines the language of Cubism while continuing the demands of engagement made by Minimal Art.
EXPANSION FIELD could be seen as predestined as an installation at the Zentrum Paul Klee, since the work contrasts in an exciting way with the organic language of Renzo Piano’s architecture while rich in its points of contact with the universe of Paul Klee. Both artists are interested in the connections and interchange between the evolution of nature and constructed realities.
Three early sculptures by the artist that engage with expansion and create a dialogue between growth, space and seriality are being exhibited in a cabinet alongside the spatial installation EXPANSION FIELD.
A catalogue of the exhibition will be published in November 2014.
curated by Peter Fischer
Zentrum Paul Klee
Monument im Fruchtland 3 - Bern
5/9/2014 - 11/1/2015
The Zentrum Paul Klee is presenting the first solo exhibition of Antony Gormley in a Swiss museum.
EXPANSION FIELD is a continuation of the various "Field" works made throughout Gormley’s working life, including EUROPEAN FIELD and ASIAN FIELD, where tens of thousands of tiny clay figures occupy an indoor space; or in fields which cannot be understood at first sight, such as HORIZON FIELD in Bregenzer Wald, where a number of life-sized figures placed at the same height above sea level occupy an area of over 150 square kilometres.
These works are derived from captured moments of lived time that on the one hand can be associated with Body and Performance Art, and on the other, EXPANSION FIELD can be seen in relation to prehistoric monuments such as the Megalithic avenues of Carnac in Brittany and as a comment on the urban grid of Manhattan. EXPANSION FIELD has a strong affinity with the serial works of Donald Judd, including his monumental installation at Marfa in Texas, or with The Lightning Field of Walter De Maria. It re-examines the language of Cubism while continuing the demands of engagement made by Minimal Art.
EXPANSION FIELD could be seen as predestined as an installation at the Zentrum Paul Klee, since the work contrasts in an exciting way with the organic language of Renzo Piano’s architecture while rich in its points of contact with the universe of Paul Klee. Both artists are interested in the connections and interchange between the evolution of nature and constructed realities.
Three early sculptures by the artist that engage with expansion and create a dialogue between growth, space and seriality are being exhibited in a cabinet alongside the spatial installation EXPANSION FIELD.
A catalogue of the exhibition will be published in November 2014.
