The sun never sets on Antony Gormley’s sculptures, or at least it won’t this fall.
From September, the British sculptor’s global reach will stretch from Seoul to Dallas, where the artist’s solo shows open, and his presence will also be felt in Uzbekistan. Gormley has created 100 twice-life-sized figures of unfired slabs of straw and clay with local brickmakers for the inaugural Bukhara Biennial.
The 74-year-old made time for the Financial Times, giving an interview that ranged from solar farms in the Gobi desert to the dangers of A.I. for artists. “It’s an absolute disaster,” he said about the latter, adding, “All people, but particularly artists, have a right to be paid and acknowledged for their work and it’s critical that people know where something comes from.”
Gormley has two gallery shows in Seoul, one at White Cube and the other at Thaddaeus Ropac, under the umbrella title "Inextricable", which open to coincide with Frieze Seoul. He also has an institutional show at the Tadao Ando-designed Museum SAN, also in South Korea.
“Survey”, his solo show at the Nasher Sculpture Center, will include new stainless-steel sculptures designed to catch the changing Texan light that will stand on rooftops dotted around the Dallas Arts District.