Quantum Cloud XIX

Quantum Cloud XIX

2000
Artist
Antony Gormley, British, 1950-
Born: London, England
Work Locations: London, England
Object
sculpture
Medium
Stainless steel bar
Accession Number
2001.738
Credit Line
Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan, fractional and promised gift to the Denver Art Museum
Antony Gormley (British). Quantum Cloud XIX. 2000. Stainless steel bar. Collection of Vicki and Kent Logan, fractional and promised gift to the Denver Art Museum. 2001.738.
Dimensions
height: 94 1/2 in, 240.0300 cm; width: 64 1/8 in, 162.8775 cm; depth: 58 1/4 in, 147.9550 cm
Department
Modern and Contemporary Art
Collection
Modern and Contemporary Art

Using stainless steel rods, British sculptor Antony Gormley makes sculptures of the body to investigate the many aspects of the human condition. His Quantum Cloud series departs radically from earlier self-contained male figures, cast in lead or modeled from dirt, which spoke of spiritual and physical solitude. These newer figures seem to be in the process of exploding into the world around them. The seemingly lighter-than-air sculptures belie their actual weight and the painstaking labor that went into welding together hundreds upon hundreds of rods.

 

 

© Antony Gormley

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