Talk:Antony Gormley

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article must adhere to the policy on biographies of living persons. Controversial material of any kind that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately, especially if potentially libelous. If such material is repeatedly inserted or there are other concerns relative to this policy, report it on the living persons biographies noticeboard.

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography. For more information, visit the project page.	Biography Portal
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the Project's quality scale. Please rate the article and then leave a short summary here to explain the ratings and/or to identify the strengths and weaknesses of the article. [FAQ]

Added article to Category:contemporary artists - Brunberg 17:57, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 Possible photo 2 Controversial? 3 Angel of the North - the largest? 4 Best known for?

[edit] Possible photo

Can anyone confirm whether this photo - de:Bild:Grindavik.jpg - of a sculpture in Grindavík, Iceland is of a work by Gormley? I've had a good root through the list of works on Gormley's website and can't find it, nor can I find a result from Google that says he has a sculpture in Iceland (several is Sweden and Norway though). However, the figure at least, does rather look like one of his. -- Solipsist 16:39, 25 Apr 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Controversial?

I find it odd that the Angel of the North is described in the first para as "a controversial piece of public sculpture". Where's the controversy? If ever there was one, I am very unsure that it still exists now, though that is how the article reads. Are there sources for the use of "controversial" as a current description? If not, I think it should go. 138.37.199.199 06:19, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

I should add that this is dealt with better on the Angel's own page, and indeed was discussed on its Talk page. The conclusion reached there appears to be that there is now current controversy and that there was very little at the time of its - ah - erection. 138.37.199.199 06:22, 29 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Angel of the North - the largest?

As it happens I believe the Angel of the North is in fact not the largest sculpture in the UK, although this is a common mistake. Gormley himself has commented that his own Quantum Cloud is larger (certainly taller), and Anish Kapoor's Marsyas, exhibited in the turbine hall of the Tate Modern in 2002 claimed to be the largest sculture in the UK at the time. -- Solipsist 18:42, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Best known for?

The article (and the main page "featured picture" of Dec 6) says that he is best known for "Angel of the North", but I imagine that "best" may be hard to justify on POV grounds. Here in the States I think it might be "Field" or "Another Place" which are more well-known... for the "best" label to fit, you might see what work is most often pictured in "20th century art" books (none of the ones that I've looked through quickly have "Angle of the North"). What about just "known for" ? --NYArtsnWords 14:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)