“Witness: Early Lead Works”, a solo show by Antony Gormley curated by Susan May, White Cube, London

On view April 23rd until June 8th

The show features 14 of the artist's early works dating from the mid-1970s to early-1990s. Developed in the aftermath of the protracted geopolitical tensions of the Cold War, the sculptures selected in the exhibition were created in lead, a material that laid the groundwork for many of Gormley's subsequent bodies of work.

Antony Gormley WITNESS II 1993

Lead, fibreglass, plaster and air

80 x42 x 84 cm

Photograph by Stephen White & Co.

Antony Gormley HOME AND THE WORLD II1 986-96

Lead, fibreglass, plaster, steel and air

192 x 548.5 x 57 cm

Antony Gormley CLOSE I 1992

Lead, fibreglass, plaster and air

25 x 195.6 x 190 cm

Antony Gormley BLANKET DRAWING I 1983

White clay, white blanket and linseed oil

232 x 190 x 1 cm

Antony Gormley LAND SEA AND AIR I 1977-79

Lead, stone, water and air

20 x 31 x 20 cm