Anthony Gormley
CLEARING FOR PLATFORM EARTH, 2021
Air Ink on recycled paper
42 x 59.4 cm
Antony Mark David Gormley, (born 1950) is a British sculptor and draftsman best known for his work with human forms, which he created chiefly from casts of his own body.
Gormley attended Trinity College, Cambridge (1968–71), taking a degree in art history, archaeology, and anthropology, and thereafter traveled in India and Sri Lanka for three years. Upon his return to London, he studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts (now Central Saint Martins), Goldsmiths College, and the Slade School of Fine Art.
His works examine aspects of the human presence in the world, often employing more than one figure placed within a landscape or cityscape. In 1994 he won the Turner Prize for contemporary art for a group of figural installations created under his direction.