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Experience this vast and iconic artwork at Firstsite, celebrating community, individuality and togetherness.
Join us for the opening celebration of Field for the British Isles from 7-9pm on 15 Nov and be one of the first see this world famous collaborative sculpture as it occupies the rear half of the Firstsite building.
Field for the British Isles, which consists of 40,000 tiny individual terracotta figures, is the largest single artwork in the Arts Council Collection and its arrival in Colchester will herald the latest stage in the journey of this spectacular piece.
Field for the British Isles was made by Gormley in 1993 with 100 volunteers who were each given a portion of clay and instructions for the size and shape he wanted for the figures.
After being acquired by the Arts Council Collection in 1995, Field for the British Isles has been exhibited at a variety of venues across the UK, including Salisbury Cathedral, The Baltic in Gateshead and Tate Britain. At each location, the configuration of Field is changed to suit the space, but the thousands of small figures are always arrayed to resemble a dense carpet, with each figure looking directly at the viewer. In Firstsite the figures will swarm through the rear half of the building, including throughout the main gallery spaces, inescapable and seemingly endless.
Field for the British Isles is an Arts Council Collection National Partner Exhibition.
Event details
Dates | Times |
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Fri 15 Nov 2019 - Sun 8 Mar 2020 |
Prices
Free entry
Events at this Venue
date | event |
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Fri 11 Oct - Sun 12 Jan | Super Black: Arts Council Collection Programme |
Sat 26 Oct - Sun 26 Jan | Chance & Control: Art in the Age of Computers |
Fri 15 Nov - Sun 8 Mar | Antony Gormley: Field for the British Isles |
Sat 16 Nov - Sun 8 Mar | Antony Gormley | Field for the British Isles |
Sat 14 - Sun 15 Dec | Colchester Record Fair |
Sat 21 Dec | Bazaar |
Address
Lewis Gardens,
High Street,
Colchester,
Essex,
CO1 1JH
Directions
Map reference: TL 999252 Lat: 51.88968 Long: 0.90477
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Follow signs to the Town Centre.
Accessible by Public Transport: 1 mile from Colchester Town station
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