Antony Gormley

BEAMER, 2009 - 2010

The BEAMERS are an evolution of the early BLOCK WORKS and the recent BLOCKERS.

Rather than working with volumes that fit within the different parts of the body mass, the whole form is made up of interlocking beams that run in all three axes and touch the surface of the volume at both ends.

The BEAMERS describe the body in terms of the tectonics of post and lintel architecture and attempt to translate body mass into the equivalent of a high rise tower. Most of the early BEAMERS have a clockwork twist with the head turned 90 degrees from the feet.

The challenge going forward will be how to use the maximum differential of beam section and the minimum number of elements to evoke this observing body.

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CAST

CAST, 2009
Cast iron, 192 x 37 x 45 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

CAST II

CAST II, 2009
Cast iron, 192.5 x 45.5 x 35 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

CAST III

CAST III, 2009
Cast iron, 193 x 45 x 37 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

CAST IV

CAST IV, 2009
Cast iron, 192 x 45 x 37 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

CAST V

CAST V, 2009
Cast iron, 192 x 46 x 36 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

CAST VI

CAST VI, 2009
Cast iron, 192 x 45 x 37 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

BUILD

BUILD, 2009
Variable mild steel blocks, 193 x 45 x 40 cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

BUILD II

BUILD II, 2010
Variable mild steel blocks , 193 x 43 x 39cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London

BUILD III

BUILD III, 2010
20mm, 30mm, 40mm, 50mm square mild steel bar, 193 x 45 x 35.5cm
Photograph by Stephen White, London