Antony Gormley's 'Hold' Opens at Kiasma as His Largest Nordic Exhibition to Date

Kiasma in Helsinki has announced 'Hold', the most comprehensive exhibition of Antony Gormley's work ever staged in the Nordic countries. The show examines how the human body relates to space, a concern that has driven Gormley's practice across his long career. 'Hold' considers whether art can challenge architecture's authority, how perception or imagination might push the body past its limits, and the ways the body yields to architectural constraints. The exhibition activates the distinctive galleries of Steven Holl's Kiasma building through whole-room installations and individual sculptures that sit between architecture and the body. Among the works are a series of Body Buildings made entirely of cardboard, which visitors are invited to crawl through. Other pieces, including 'Clearing' and 'Run', ask viewers to bow down, step over them, or walk around them. Light, a core element of Holl's original design for Kiasma, is also central to Gormley's presentation, with natural light filling the galleries.