Land Sea and Air I 1979

Antony Gormley made ‘Land Sea and Air I’, and who knows exactly when—artists are so evasive about dates. Look at these three pod-like forms sitting on the floor! They're kind of like what you'd find at the beach, but also kind of like what you’d find…in space? Each one is segmented by these raised lines. I wonder what Gormley was thinking when he made them? Were they originally one solid, that then broke apart? Or were they separate pieces that were somehow brought together? These almost feel like a nod to earlier artists like Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, who were always playing with organic forms in a very British way. But Gormley has given it this kind of solemn twist, where it’s not quite clear what they are. It's like all artists are having this endless conversation across time. It's a conversation full of inspiration, exchange, and ambiguity. What do these forms represent? Maybe it’s up to us to decide.