The Essay - Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture
Artist Antony Gormley discusses key sculptures and art installations of the 20th century
The Essay - Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture - Brancusi's Endless Column
Artist Antony Gormley explores Brancusi's 100-foot tall Endless Column, a sculpture commissioned as a war memorial, which he considers to be the first Minimalist work.
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The Essay - Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture - Giacometti's La Place
Artist Antony Gormley explores Alberto Giacometti's La Place, arguing that it is the first work to model 'relational aesthetics', where space and time become the artist's subject.
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The Essay - Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture - Jacob Epstein's Rock Drill
Artist Anthony Gormley discusses the Rock Drill, a sculpture made by Jacob Epstein between 1913 and 1915, which he considers to be the first work of Modernism in Britain.
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The Essay - Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture - Joseph Beuys' Plight
Artist Antony Gormley explores Joseph Beuys' 1985 installation Plight, which marked the end of the industrial era in Europe and foreshadowed Beuys' own death the following year.
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The Essay - Antony Gormley's Seminal Sculpture - Richard Serra's The Matter of Time
Antony Gormley explores the industrial force and impact of American sculptor Richard Serra's steel work, The Matter of Time, completed in 2005 for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
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