Firmament
Firmament
Firmament
Firmament
Firmament

© courtesy of the artist and Jay Jopling / White Cube. Image credit: Allan Pollok-Morris / Amelia Claudia. Courtesy of Jupiter Artland Foundation

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'Firmament' is constructed from 1,019 steel balls held in the space by 1,770 steel elements of different lengths. These are welded together to create an irregular, polygonal structure whose form dissolves and resolves in space. The artwork was designed by scanning the artist’s own body.

'Firmament' was originally installed in the basement gallery of White Cube, Mason’s Yard, for Gormley’s solo exhibition in March 2008. Pressed against the edges of the gallery space, the installation recalled an assembled matrix of volumes that map a celestial constellation, while also implying the form of a body lost within it.

Jupiter Artland

Edinburgh

Title

Firmament

Date

2008

Medium

Corten steel balls & rods

Measurements

H 1907 x W 1113 x D 560 cm

Accession number

JAC20088

Acquisition method

site-specific commission

Work type

Sculpture

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