Pair of Gormley figures, Regents Place, London
Anthony Gormley, a British born and educated artist, is known primarily for his sculptures of the human body. These 2 are placed either side of plate glass windows at Regents Place, on the Euston Road in London. The clever placing of the two men, leads the viewer to assess the symmetry of the two, even wondering at times if one is a mere reflection of the other.
Gormley is probably best know for his 2007 Event Horizon, which comprised 31 life-size and anatomically-correct casts of his own body, four in cast iron and 27 in fiberglass, installed on top of prominent buildings along London’s South Bank, and then installed in locations around New York City’s Madison Square in 2010.
Manhattan, 2010
Other well-known Gormley installations include the Marmite-like Angel of the North statue in Gateshead and One & Other, a living art Fourth Plinth commission, which invited members of the public to spend one hour on the vacant plinth in Trafalgar Square in London.
Linked to the Daily Prompt: Symmetry and Weekend Reflections.
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Now I know who they are, fascinating!
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I know the statue from Regents place very well…thanks for bringing back my memories… Excelent shots…
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I really like Gormley’s work and these shots are great…
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Wow! Fascinating post and excellent reflection photos ~ very creative ~ ^_^
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Fascinating!
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Such a strange sculpture… Thanks for sharing several pictures of it : it not easy to get it with only one…
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My favourite is that thing he did with the 40,000 little terracotta munchkins… saw that in the British Museum many years ago 😉
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I didn’t see that but I heard about it. People were cross that he used others to do the work and quite a few were stolen as a protest!
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Who wants to put up 40,000 mannekens?! He came up with the idea, that’s good enough.
Aw, I so wanted one of those… maybe there’ll be a few hanging about on ebay 😉
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The thieves probably sold them for a fortune. I doubt they were that principled. You never know, good old ebay..
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These little guys were so basic, that it’s easier to just copy them than to go through the bother of stealing 😉
I should try and make one. And sell it on ebay for a fortune!
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I love the way you’ve shot the last of the two figures! It’s almost as if they are partly translucent.
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