Terracotta, Variable size: approx. 40 000 elements, each 8-26 cm tall
Installation view, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Art Council Collection, England
Clay from Guangdong Province, China, 210,000 hand sized clay elements
Installation view, Warehouse of Former Shanghai No. 10 Steelworks, 2003
Photograph by Dai Wei
Xiangshan, China
Photograph by Zhang Haier
Images and quotes sited from www.antonygormely.com
This work by Antony Gormely reminds me of Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds.
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But what I enjoy most about this work is his use of these tiny, peculiar characters. How they're completely filling the room leaving you no space to move or even contemplate getting around them, and they're all looking at you. I'd say staring but they're too simple and 'cute' (Yes, cute) to be angry.
I enjoy the confrontation that would be experienced, assuming at first you'd be walking into a gallery or a space to view Gormely's work, instead, the work watches you as you figure out what to do with yourself in the doorway.
A short film on Ai Weiwei's Sunflower Seeds, spot the similarities.
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