Antony Gormley: Event Horizon



From March 26 – August 15, 2010, 31 life-size figures appeared on rooftops, setbacks, and sidewalks around Manhattan’s historic Madison Square Park.  Standing tall above the unique urban landscape of New York City, the figures were the work of celebrated British artist Antony Gormley as part of Event Horizon New York, Gormley’s long-awaited United States public art debut.

To celebrate and commemorate the success of this landmark public art project, the Madison Square Park Conservancy and Mad. Sq. Art are proud to announce the publication of the limited-edition Event Horizon exhibition catalogue.  Featuring a poignant original short story by Booker-prize nominated Irish novelist Colm Toibin as well as reflections on the Event Horizon experience from a wide array of New Yorkers, from art scholars to building superintendents, the Pentagram-designed catalogue includes over seventy stunning full-color photographs of Antony’s figures standing watch over the busy streets and iconic skyline of New York City.

This publication was made possible by the support of the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.  The Event Horizon exhibition catalogue will be available from Tuesday, September 28.

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New York City bid a fond farewell to the Mad. Sq. Art exhibition of Antony Gormley’s Event Horizon on August 15, 2010. Nevertheless, you can take home a collectible keepsake of the celebrated exhibition and its beloved figures with limited-edition official Event Horizon apparel designed by Pentagram.

Now offered at a discount, choose from hats, T-shirts and tote bags, emblazoned with the Event Horizon logo. Click to order.

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The 31 sculptures that comprised Antony Gormley’s Event Horizon New York installation became familiar – beloved, even – fixtures during their nearly five month-long inhabitation of the sidewalks and skyline in and around Madison Square Park and Manhattan’s Flatiron District. Hundreds of thousands of people from all corners of the globe made Madison Square Park and Event Horizon a destination, and even otherwise impervious New Yorkers fell for the beauty and mystery of the figures populating the architectural treasures high above historic Madison Square Park. Here’s a look at some of our favorite official photos of the exhibition. (Photo Credit: James Ewing)