Press release Zentrum Paul Klee 3rd December 2014 Bern

Zentrum Paul Klee Monument im Fruchtland 3 Postfach, CH-3000 Bern 31 T +41 (0)31 359 01 01 F +41 (0)31 359 01 02 www.zpk.org

Publication & Artist Talk Eva Pauline Bossow HANS ULRICH OBRIST IN CONVERSATION Responsable for Media, WITH Marketing & Communication 20/12/14, 16:00 [email protected] ZENTRUM PAUL KLEE, BERN T +41 (0)31 359 01 88

The unique exhibition «Antony Gormley. Expansion Field» has made an inspiring impression on the public since opening at the beginning of September in the Zentrum Paul Klee. Fresh from the printers, the comprehensive exhibition catalogue is now available. On December 20th Swiss star curator Hans Ulrich Obrist will hold a conversation with the artist, whereby the book will be presented at the same time.

Artist Talk

The installation «Expansion Field», made up of 60 steel sculptures, was conceived specifically by the British sculptor for the large exhibition hall at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern, and remains on show there until January 11th 2015. In addition, this is the first individual exhibition of the British sculptor Antony Gormley in a Swiss museum.

Hans Ulrich Obrist, active world-wide as a curator and Co-Director of the London Serpentine Gallery, is considered one of the most profoundly knowledgeable person in contemporary art. Hence, we look forward to this meeting between two great figures of the modern art scene and a fascinating dialogue on the subject of Gormley’s work and his current exhibition.

Publication

The book documents the work «Expansion Field» and its artistic and art historical context with well researched texts by Rebecca Comay, Professor of Philosophy and Comparative Literature at the University of Toronto, Andrew Renton, Professor at Goldsmiths College in London, and Peter Fischer, Director of the Zentrum Paul Klee and curator of the exhibition. Each of the sculptures has a full page illustration, while the work in its totality is shown in situ in the Maurice E. Müller hall of the Zentrum Paul Klee, the largest art exhibition hall in Switzerland, in an impressive double page reproduction.

ANTONY GORMLEY. EXPANSION FIELD

Publication 2014 Editors: Peter Fischer, Simone Küng, Zentrum Paul Klee, Bern Rosalinde Horne, Antony Gormley Studio

Texts by Rebecca Comay, Peter Fischer, Andrew Renton German, English

Design by Christina Andraschko 216 pages, 103 colour reproductions and photographs of the installation 21,00 x 28,50 cm, Linen ISBN 978-3-7757-3931-3 Published by Hatje Cantz

CHF 52 / € 45 (plus postal charges) via www.zpk.org/shop or directly at the museum shop counter.

Accompanying text:

Antony Gormley augments the potential of sculpture

The imposing in Gateshead is doubtless Antony Gormley’s most well known sculpture in public space. His art project One & Other, for which the artist invited 2,400 people to stand on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square for one hour each, brought him international recognition. With his conceptual sculptures and installations the British artist (*1950 in London) consistently addresses the relationship between the human body and space. The publication centers on Gormley’s most recent work, Expansion Field, which is being presented for the first time in the large exhibition hall at the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern. It consists of sixty steel sculptures whose orthogonal shapes are derived from different postures of the artist’s body. Expansion Field ties in with the other Field works by the sculptor and in terms of cultural and art history opens up references from prehistory to Minimal and Body Art.

Press copy We would be happy to send a copy of the catalogue to any journalists who are interested. To arrange this, please contact Eva Pauline Bossow directly.

Admission charge for the Artist Talk Exhibition entrance ticket including an apéro The exhibition «Expansion Field» will open until 18.00 hours (we recommend visiting the exhibition first.)

Contact: Eva Pauline Bossow, Responsible for Media, Marketing und Communication T +41 31 359 01 88, [email protected]