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Horizon Field

{{Short description|Sculpture by Antony Gormley}}

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File:Kanisfluh Antony Gormley Horizon Field02.JPG (2044 m), in the background Mörzelspitze (1830 m), Hochälpelekopf (1464 m) and Lake Constance.]]

Horizon Field is a 2010 sculpture installation by Antony Gormley. The installation features 100 life-sized cast iron statues of the human body left at exactly {{convert|2039|m|abbr=on}} above sea-level in the Austrian Alps. It is the first art project of its kind erected in the Alps and the largest landscape intervention in Austria to date.[http://www.artnations.co.uk/?p=167 Artnations.co.uk]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, retrieved 1 August 2010 The work covers an area of {{convert|150|km2|abbr=off}} in the Land Vorarlberg, Austria, communities of Mellau, Schoppernau, Schröcken, Warth, Mittelberg, Lech, Klösterle, and Dalaas.

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  • [http://www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at/horizonfield/index_e.htm Horizon Field on the Kunsthaus Bregenz Website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110223220319/http://www.kunsthaus-bregenz.at/horizonfield/index_e.htm |date=23 February 2011 }}
  • [https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jul/30/antony-gormley-austrian-mountains-statues The Guardian]
  • [https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/antony-gormleys-world-tour-continues-this-stop-the-alps-2031539.html The Independent]
  • [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10836262 BBC video]
  • [http://www.vorarlberg.travel/horizonfield Useful information about the project in Vorarlberg with Google Earth application]{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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Category:2010 sculptures

Category:Sculptures by Antony Gormley

Category:Steel sculptures in Austria

Category:Cast-iron sculptures

Category:Outdoor sculptures in Austria

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