Royal Academy – Travel with Intent

Mud + water = reflection

HOST is a piece that Gormley initial created in 1991, in a disused US jail in Charleston, using mud and seawater from the harbour. At the 2019 exhibition in London, […]

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Head bent in contemplation

Subject II by Antony Gormley, Royal Academy, London, November 2019 Copyright Debbie Smyth, 15 November 2019 Posted as part of Weekend B&W

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Body

An Antony Gormley work, Royal Academy, London, November 2019 What looks for a second like a random pile of rocks, is instantly transformed into a curled up body. These typically-Gormley […]

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Wandering but not lost

“Not all those who wander are lost.” JRR Tolkien “Clearing VII” by Antony Gormley, Royal Academy, London, November 2019 It’s time for a weekly quotation-inspired image. If the quote inspires […]

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Circle

– Over to all of you to join the challenge with your own circle post. To join the challenge, please use pingback by putting a link in your post to the URL […]

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Summer Exhibition

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Artistic flags celebrate Royal Academy anniversary

Time for six words again! And yes, I’m rambling on […]

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Physical energy

Renowned Victorian artist and sculptor, GF Watts (1817-1904), made his last submission to the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition in 1904, the year of his death. It was a bronze cast […]

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Citrus Flowers

The Summer Exhibition runs until 17 August 2014 so don’t leave it too long to get your summer fix. Linked to MOM and Mellow Yellows and Orange You Glad It’s Friday.

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Sir Joshua Reynolds, Bedecked in Yellow

The sculpture of the eighteenth century painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds, that guards the front of the Royal Academy in London is wearing a yellow garland, for summer I suppose. Related […]

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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition

How have I managed to live so close to London for so long and yet never go to the Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy until this year? It is […]