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Antony Gormley has always started his work from a study of the human body notably his own. He never makes literal representations of the body but creates traces that we experience and fill with our own imagination. In this case the energy represented by the modular construction yields the impression of an intimate pose once the eye has adjusted to the “pixilation”.
Gormley’s work appears like silent sentinels but they are physical manifestations of the inner self – his interest is really about the possibilities and the realities of exploring and defining the human presence. In 'Haft' (made up of hundreds of small rectangular highly finished steel blocks) we are again confronted with the internal mass, oddly articulated, which echoes the strengths and frailties of the human within.
Details
Date
2007
Materials used
mild steel blocks
Dimensions
165.0 x 48.0 x 60.0 cm
Credit
Art Gallery of New South Wales Foundation Purchase 2008
Location
Not on display
Accession number
74.2008
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Ataxia, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Melbourne, Melbourne, 30 Nov 2007–21 Dec 2007
Some mysterious process, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 01 Jun 2020–13 Sep 2020
Archie Plus, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 26 Sep 2020–07 Mar 2021
Referenced in 1 publication
Bibliography
Edmund Capon, Look, 'Sculptural Holy Grail', pg.27, Sydney, Aug 2008, 27 (colour illus.).