Edited and co-ordinated by Michael Green and Honey Luard
Editorial assistance by Alex Bennett
Designed by (Studio) Jonathan Hares
Text by Teresa Kittler

Printed by Druckerei Odermatt AG, Switzerland
230 x 160 mm, softback
112 pages, 25 colour and 42 black and white illustrations
ISBN 978-1-910844-66-3
Published by White Cube, December 2023

Body Politic was published to mark Antony Gormley’s solo exhibition at White Cube Bermondsey (November 2023 – January 2024). Conceived in close collaboration with the artist and his studio, this publication provides a comprehensive document of Gormley’s work in the exhibition, which sought to investigate our species’ relationship to its industrially made habitat and how, more than ever before, our need for refuge is in dynamic tension with our need to roam.

Designed by (Studio) Jonathan Hares, this catalogue functions as an intimate guide, precisely reflecting the rhythm of the exhibition. The publication features extensive views of the installation alongside black-and-white reproductions of individual artworks with corresponding details. A long-form essay by Teresa Kittler traces the inception and production of the five new bodies of work, contextualising each within the breadth of Gormley’s practice. Through image and text, material and form, this publication reflects the exhibition’s emphasis on twin notions of sanctuary and control, freedom and discipline, all whilst testing sculpture’s capacity to be a focus for hope as well as fear.

Teresa Kittler is a lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Art at the University of York, UK. Her research focuses on artistic practices since 1945 with a special interest in Italian post-war art. She has been the recipient of fellowships from the British Academy, British School at Rome, Center for Italian Modern Art, Magazzino Italian Art and Mahler & LeWitt Studios. Her work has been published by Oxford Art Journal, I Tatti Studies, Bloomsbury and Peter Lang. She is co-editor of Sculpture Journal.