LibGuides: Visual Arts: Year 9/10 Art

Antony Gormley's figures

Article: Antony Gormley's human figures make their last stand high in Austrian Alps - The Guardian
Antony Gormley has made sculptures of humans standing as 'silent witnesses' on top of mountains across Europe. In this article he talks what he thinks the human form means in his work.
The making of Domain Field
This video is an interview with Gormley about his installation of wire figures called 'Domain Field'.
Antony Gormley's sculptures
An image gallery from Antony Gormley's website, specifically of his sculptures of the human figure.


Blue green bridge (2000)	Some/one (2001)	Public figures (1998-1999)

Art 21: Do Ho Suh
Read about Do Ho Suh's famous human figures and get an understanding of his influences and themes.

Mark Quinn is a British artist who makes uses the human form in many of his sculptures, including the huge 'Planet' sculpture of his 7 month old son.

Zombie Boy (Rick) isn't the traditional subject matter for bronze sculptures of the human figure!

Mark Quinn talks about making the solid gold scupture 'Siren' for the British Museum.

Anatomy of an angel, 2008
This image of 'Anatomy of an angel' is on Hirst's website. The work strips back half the skin of the angel to literally reveal her anatomy.
Damien Hirt's Verity statue takes up position in Illfracome
An article from the Telegraph Newspaper with a short video of Hirst's scupture being lowered into the harbour, and the locals opinions of the artwork.
Biography of Damien Hirst
Read about what inspires Damien Hirst to make his varied and dynamic art.

Google Art Project
The definitive online resource for searching for artworks. Google has captured the best artworks from world famous art galleries around the world and put them on this website. You can zoom in on artworks, read about the artist, compare two artworks side by side, and lots more!
Encyclopedia Britannica Visual Arts topic search
Browse the topics; drawing, painting, photography and sculpture, on this huge database of information.
Pinterest's Art page
See what famous and undiscovered art is being admired by subscribers to Pinterest. This page also includes historical photos of artists like Frida Kahlo at work.

Elements of Art
If you want to write about art, you need to know what makes up an artwork. This BBC bitesize webpage defines all 8 art elements for you, read through all the pages.
How to analyse an artist's work
This webpage goes into more detail so you can write about: the story behind the artwork (context), how it makes you feel, and why it makes you feel that way.
Evaluating Contemporary Art
The Heide Gallery has created a document to analyse artworks while you are looking at them in the gallery.

Antony Gormley by Martin Caiger-Smith
Call Number: 730.92 CAI
ISBN: 9781854377975
Publication Date: 2010-03-01
"Few contemporary artists have enjoyed the popular acclaim and critical profile that Antony Gormley has gained in recent years. Perhaps more than any other contemporary artist he has succeeded in taking his work beyond the gallery to engage the public in previously untried settings" [back cover].