24 May 2018, The Tablet

Body and Soul: Antony Gormley's latest exhibition


Body and Soul: Antony Gormley's latest exhibition

Edge III: is the figure dead or just asleep
Photo: Oak Taylor-Smith, © Antony Gormley

 

The man is lying on his back, feet flat against the wall, hands by his side like a prone soldier. He is staring up at the ceiling and, in Catholic parlance, he is levitating: suspended parallel to the floor, about a foot off the ground.

He is, of course, Antony Gormley.

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