The main work in this exhibition was the 27-foot wing-span 

, a lead-covered mould taken from Gormley’s body, which was married to specially made glider wings. The work stands upright, axial to the space. The wings formed a barrier, or membrane across it. The viewer was thus implicated in a field that is a foil to passage or a barrier to vision - while also holding the promise of transcendence.

, a case for a four-month-old girl with its navel plugged with a red rubber stopper. This became the focus of energy for the entire room; the point of transference between the potential within the case and the space without.

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