Antony Gormley
The Visionary
The future, and what is barely possible, reads round the next corner.
Antony Gormley is a prominent British sculptor known for his public art installations, including the Angel of the North. This interview reveals his deep conviction about the role of art in life and culture, showcasing his visionary approach to connecting human experience with artistic expression.
“Yeah, he did in the end. It was funny. He took me off to Core Abbey on the Isle of Wight for a retreat, a wonderful abbot monk, Father Anthony there. And that was really good. It was good for me to have that reconciliation. But they let me go to India. I mean, I just disappeared after Cambridge. I just disappeared for three years.”
“This is still an important prop in our GDP. I am aware that this isn't just our problem, the aging population. And well, you could say the diminishing ability, it seems, of the Western world to replace itself with the same problem as Japan. So what is the answer? In my view, I think Kate Rayworth's doughnut economics is the answer.”
“Or one of the first people to get the permission to produce penicillin. You know, I didn't see him that much because he was always off to India or Australia or Singapore or Hong Kong. It's hard not to be very admiratious of a man that fought in the First World War, married a German that made his own life.”
“And all I can tell you is the support that I had. I want to tell you about the art room. The art room was in the oldest part of the school, 18th century building, right in the middle of it, and it was always open. So you could get down there before General Assembly, as it were, in the morning and start something off.”
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