Taking the body as its point of departure, the exhibition is an invitation to embark on a journey through different kinds of space.
'Architecture is supposed to be the location of security and certainty about where you are. It is supposed to protect you from the weather, from darkness, from uncertainty. blind light undermines all of that. You enter his interior space that is the equivalent of being on top of a mountain or at the bottom of the sea. It is very important for me that inside it you find the outside. Also you become the immersed figure in an endless ground, literally the subject of the work.’ - Antony Gormley
The Hayward presents Blind Light, the first major London showing of the work of British sculptor Antony Gormley. The exhibition features a series of brand new monumental works specially conceived for The Hayward's distinctive spaces, including one of the largest ever urban public art commissions, Event Horizon, which features sculptural casts of the artist's body on rooftops and public walkways across central London, dramatically transforming the city skyline.
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