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EMBARGO FOR WISH 06 JUNE 2024. FEE MAY APPLY. Antony Gormley at Houghton Hall, 2023, Photo: Pete Huggins, © Pete HugginsMuseum ExhibitionsAntony GormleyTime Horizon to be shown at Houghton Hall21 April—31 October 2024Houghton Hall, NorfolkTime Horizon, one of Antony Gormley’s most spectacular large-scale installations, will be shown across the grounds and through the house at Houghton Hall in Norfolk from 21 April – 31 October 2024, the first time the work will be staged in the UK. Featuring 100 life-size sculptures, the works are distributed across 300 acres of the park, the furthest away being approximately 1.5 miles on the West Avenue.  The cast-iron sculptures, each weighing 620kg and standing at an average of 191cm, are installed at the same datum level to create a single horizontal plane across the landscape. Some works are buried, allowing only a part of the head to be visible, while others are buried to the chest or knees according to the topography. Only occasionally do they stand on the existing surface. Around a quarter of the works are placed on concrete columns that vary from a few centimetres high to rising four meters off the ground.https://ropac.net/news/1619-antony-gormley-time-horizon-to-be-shown-at-houghton-hall/

Sculptor Antony Gormley on achieving greatness

Australian collectors covet the work of Antony Gormley, one of the world’s most in-demand artists. At 73, the sculptor unveils his stately home takeover and discusses the privileges of success.

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