Date: 24 November 2006
From: lonetwin
bbc.co.uk powerofart Lone Twin present The Age of Brick and Bronze One of two short animations of walks made by Lone Twin search this site for The Age of Brick As we enter Leeds City Art Gallery we are immediately confronted by two key pieces of figurative sculpture; Auguste Rodin's The Age Of Bronze 1875-76 and Antony Gormley's Model for the Leeds Brick Man 1986 , the pieces stand abreast a public lavatory. A visit to the neighbouring Henry Moore Institute archives quickly reveals a number of connections between the two works. Rodin's piece, his first venture in figurative sculpture, when first exhibited was widely criticised for apparently being cast from life -- the piece seemed too life-like for those visiting the Cercle Artistique de Bruxelles in 1877. In those days casting from life - covering a human body with plaster - was a big no-no, so much so Paul Gsell challenged Rodin to reveal how the piece was made When I look at your figure of 'The Age of Bronze' who seems to wake up, fill his lungs...
 
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