Artist Lens｜Antony Gormley: Asian Field

Antony Gormley and participants from Xiangshan village look back on the collective experience of creating ‘Asian Field’.
In 2003, British sculptor Antony Gormley invited some 300 residents of Xiangshan village (now Huadong Town in Guangzhou city) to make approximately 200,000 sculptures out of locally sourced clay. He offered only three simple instructions: each figurine was to be hand-sized, capable of standing upright and have two eyes looking just above the horizon. Otherwise, each maker was free to improvise on their own.
In this video, the artist and some of the original participants look back on what the experience of creating ‘Asian Field’ meant to them, as Pauline Yao (Lead Curator, Visual Art) and young local art practitioners ready the installation for display at one of M+’s inaugural exhibitions in Hong Kong.
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‘When I pressed down into the clay, it felt like I was giving it a heart.’
- Tan Xuejiao, participant
English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese closed captions are available in the player.
Transcript: mplus.org/en-antony-gormley
影片謄本: mplus.org/tc-antony-gormley
视频文稿: mplus.org/sc-antony-gormley
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