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Antony Gormley is a renowned British sculptor, born on August 30, 1950, in London. He’s best known for his thought-provoking works that explore the relationship between the human body, space, and the environment.

His most famous piece is probably Angel of the North, a massive steel sculpture of an angel with a 54-meter wingspan, standing in Gateshead, England since 1998. It’s become an iconic landmark.

Gormley’s work often involves casts of his own body, like in Another Place, where 100 life-sized iron figures are scattered across a beach in Crosby, Merseyside, facing the sea. The figures get submerged and revealed by the tide, creating this haunting, meditative vibe.

He’s got a knack for placing human forms in ways that make you think about existence, vulnerability, and our place in the world.

He studied at Cambridge, then trained in sculpture at places like the Slade School of Fine Art.

Over the years, he’s racked up accolades—Turner Prize in 1994, a knighthood in 2014—and his stuff’s been shown everywhere, from the Royal Academy to remote landscapes.

His approach is pretty philosophical; he’s said he’s less interested in art as an object and more in how it can spark awareness of being.

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