We went to see the Antony Gormley exhibition again, in order to be able to absorb and digest its mixture of a fascination with line drawing and invention and, at the same time, the physical materiality of the body, particularly obvious in the pleasure with which he explores the form of physical shapes in the room with two cases of notebooks and drawings:-
This confirms, if any confirmation was needed, that he is a truly remarkable artist.
I was swept away by the tidal wave of new ideas – the Flooded Room, the Upside Downs, and the Suspended Cage. And the mass of drawings.
And his speech at the PV showed that he is as talented verbally as he is visually – generous to others, and to Vicken and his children.
Yes, really beautiful drawings. I missed the speech. Charles