The man behind the sculpture, Anthony Gormley is again in residence at The White Cube Gallery, London. His exhibition 'Test Sites' consists of a series of nine (Title to be confirmed) cast iron sculptures and a prodigious installation 'Breathing Room ///'.
It is the 15 interconnecting photio-luminscent 'space frames' which invites the viewer to explore. In the blackhued room of the lower ground floor the lucid structural is interrefered with only by the darker shadows of the audience moving throughout the structure. It is alluring to say the least, disturbed only by the unsettling intense bursts of light that interrupt the complete darkness. But this is part of the game. 'Breathing Room ///' is all about the principles of light and time and Gormleys hope is to invite te audience to interact with the structure and then unexpectedly jolt their experience of quiet meditation to acute inquiry.
The White Cube plays host to 'Test Sites' like a long lost friend, whilst the ground floors iron cast sculptures are nice demonstrations of how, 'time acts on Objects and how objects act on us', downstairs was always going to be the crowd pleaser and that in all its luminosity it is.
Anthony Gormleys TEST SITES runs until the 10th of July 2010, at the White Cube, Masons Yard, LondonWhite Cube is open Tuesday to Saturday, 10am to 6pm.
