continues Gormley’s lifelong investigation of the body as place and the structuring of space. While based on the subjective experience of the artist, the works on display call on the bodies of the viewers and their movement through the gallery.

The exhibition juxtaposes mass and space through the idiom of the body, beginning with 

 (2021), a grounded cloud of interconnected stainless steel spaceframes, in dialogue with 

 (2021), a milled solid iron cube weighing two tonnes. At the center of the exhibition lies 

 (2021), a body-space structure the size of a house, made of interconnected aluminium frames, intended to be viewed from the stalls and balcony of the old theatre now gallery space. In contrast, a bold and weighty mass of cast iron Blockworks will be held in the tight labyrinthine cellars of the 14th century townhouse. For the first time, the artist will show works both in their raw and highly finished states, as well as works that have been cast as one form, and others that will simply be placed next to or on top of each other. As such, throughout the show there is a play between loose and fixed, open and closed, mass and space.

Galleria Continua

, 2021, 2 mm square section stainless steel bar. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 2018, 2 mm square section stainless steel bar, 142 × 110 × 143 cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 2019, cast iron, 75.9 × 39 × 123.5 cm and 

, 2015, carbon and casein on paper, 14 × 19cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 2019, cast iron, 75.9 × 39 × 123.5 cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 2018, cast iron and high tensile steel, 96.4 × 45.3 × 62.4 cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 2021, cast iron, 51 × 73.5 × 36.5 cm (5 blocks) and 

, 2017, charcoal, black pigment and oil on paper, 19 × 14cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 1995, carbon and casein on paper, 37.7 × 28cm and 

, 2021, cast iron and high tensile steel, 44 × 80.9 × 45.7 cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

Installation view. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 2021, cast iron and high tensile steel, 88 × 43.5 × 71.5 cm (9 blocks). Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

 2011, carbon and casein on paper, 112 × 75.5cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 2021, aluminium square tube 50 × 50 mm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 2021, cast iron and high tensile steel, 33.8 × 199.2 × 42.7 cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 2011, carbon and casein on paper, 111.7 × 75.5cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 2014, 3 mm square section stainless steel bar, 42 × 191.5 × 40.7 cm and 

, 2018, carbon and casein on paper, 55.5 × 76.4cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 1987, charcoal and linseed oil on paper, 28 × 38cm, and 

, 2016, carbon and casein on paper, 112 × 76.5cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 2019, cast iron, 182.9 × 46.1 × 48.3 cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 2021, cast iron, 63.8 × 185.4 × 45.3 cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

, 2020, cast iron, 239.3 × 74 × 71.5 cm. Photograph by Ela Bialkowska, OKNO studio.

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