Antony Mark David Gormley OBE RA (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor

Sculpture

Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...

. His best known works include the Angel of the North

Angel of the North

The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley, which is located in Gateshead,formerly County Durham, England.It is a steel sculpture of an angel, standing tall, with wings measuring across...

, a public sculpture

Public art

The term public art properly refers to works of art in any media that have been planned and executed with the specific intention of being sited or staged in the physical public domain, usually outside and accessible to all...

 in the North of England, commissioned in 1995 and erected in February 1998, Another Place

Another Place

Another Place is a piece of modern sculpture by Antony Gormley.Now permanently erected on Crosby Beach, England, it was due to be moved to New York in November 2006, but there was a controversial proposal to retain the work at Crosby...

 on Crosby Beach

Crosby Beach

Crosby Beach is part of the Merseyside coastline north of Liverpool in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, England.-Overview:The beach stretches about 3 miles North-West from the Seaforth Dock in the Port of Liverpool, through Waterloo, where it separates the sea from the Marina, past Crosby...

 near Liverpool

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...

, and Event Horizon

Event Horizon (sculpture)

Event Horizon is the name of a large-scale public sculpture installation by the English artist Antony Gormley.Originally mounted in London in 2007, the project consists of 31 life-size anatomically-correct male bodies, 27 constructed of fiberglass and four of cast iron, all cast from the body of...

, a multi-part site installation which premiered in London

London

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 in 2007, and in 2010 around Madison Square

Madison Square

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 in New York City

New York City

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The youngest of seven children born to a German mother and an Irish father, Gormley grew up in a wealthy family living in Dewsbury Moor

Dewsbury Moor

Dewsbury Moor is a district of Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. It lies to the west of the Dewsbury town centre. The population is around 5,650. Crime rates are higher than the national average....

, West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

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