Top British Artist’s Installation in Torbay
Antony Gormley is one of Britain’s top modern artists, and we are very excited that one of his most famous works is coming to Torbay.
Antony Gormley’s Field for the British Isles will be the centrepiece of a year of contemporary art in the ancient setting of Torre Abbey in Torquay. Built in 1196 by the ‘White Canons’, the Abbey is Torquay’s oldest building and its recent restoration will provide an unusual backdrop for Gormley’s thought-provoking installation.
Gormley’s Turner-prize-winning Field series is a startling and arresting sight: thousands of unglazed, fired, small clay figures, standing closely together, all staring towards the viewer. The Field for the British Isles, comprising 40,000 clay figures, will fill much of Torre Abbey’s huge Spanish Barn and will be open to the public free of charge from 27th June to 23rd August 2009.
