The exhibition "Man" modern sculptor Antony Gormley took up the entire space built in the XVI century Fort Belvedere, which offers the best views of Cathedral square of Florence

Florence, in the territory of Fort Belvedere, is a large-scale exhibition "Man" known contemporary sculptor Antony Gormley. From the hillside of the castle offers one of the best views on the Cathedral square of Florence and Santa Maria del Fiore, and contemporary works of art look great on this background. In the Fort and in the adjacent Park hosted about a hundred Gormley sculptures from the series "Critical mass" ("Critical Mass") and "Unit masonry" ("Blockworks").  

Both series of sculptures by Antony Gormley at the exhibition in Florence is based on the most impersonal anthropomorphic forms. However, the difference between them is that the sculptures from the series "Critical mass" more naturalistic, made on the basis of casts, Gormley made with himself, while works from the series "Unit masonry" consider the human figure through architectural forms — these anthropomorphic sculptures similar to simplified, pixelsperunit form of computer IGR@

"Instead of trying to show the sculptures that match the scale of this place, I decided to put the sculptures in human size — the mass and shape of this stunning Fort could speak for themselves", — Gormley commented in the press release vystavki@

Fort Belvedere was built between 1590 and 1595 for years the Medici family. In 2008, the Museum was temporarily closed due to an accident with a woman, fallen from the walls of the Fort. After that, the Fort was reconstructed, security measures were strengthened. However it seems a little scary choice as an Exhibitor Antony Gormley, famous for his sculptures of imaginary suicide, which he placed on the roofs of high-rise Domov@

Material was prepared by Maria Onuchin, AI

Sources: artnet.com, artinvestment.ru