14.07.07 Daisy and I went up to the Southbank Centre to see the new Anthony Gormley show. En route from Waterloo station we encountered one of the many figures that Gormley has cast of himself and has positioned on numerous vantage points
near the gallery. The show consists of cast iron casts of Gormley’s body, stainless steel molecular-like versions of bodies in various poses, a maze-like installation of concrete pieces called Allotment based on the dimensions of 300 life size inhabitants from Malmo aged 1.5 – 80 years old! A foetal shape cut out from slices of Mother’s Pride bread, a space station and the really disorienting Blind Light which is a large room-sized space filled with fog. You walk in and literally cannot see your hand in front of your face. All this plus prints and, drawings and photos makes this a truly inspiring show.
