Anthony Gormley in Stavanger, in a hail storm

I have a few favourite artists, and one of them is Anthony Gormley. His sculptures are strong and many of them are based on his body. This sculpture is part of his site specific sculpture project 'Broken Column' (2003), with consists of 23 identical rusty steel sculptures mounted outdoors and indoors in public, semi-public and private places in Stavanger.
The 1.95-metre-tall sculptures are based on a cast of the artist’s own body. They relate to each other through their elevation above or below sea level and through the direction in which they face. The sculpture inside Stavanger Art Museum stands in its own white gallery room, at 41,41 metres above sea level. The sculpture here is at sea level and it is the penultimate sculpture. The final and 23rd sculpture stands with 149 of its 195 cm underwater, on a rock beyond Natvigs Minde in Stavanger's port basin.

We have also seen Gormley's 'Another Place' on the Mersey Estuary. The installation comprises 100 cast-iron life-size sculptures made from 17 different moulds taken from the sculptor’s own body which are installed on Crosby Beach on the Mersey Estuary. The 'iron men' all face the open sea, and evoke the relationship between the natural elements, space and the human body.

We have also seen Gormley’s 6 figures in Edinburgh, the first one can be be found opposite the main pedestrian entrance of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art on Belford Road. The next four standing figures can be found within the Water of Leith itself. The final figure is located at the end of an abandoned pier in Leith Docks, looking out to the point where the Water of Leith meets the Firth of Forth.

Another example of Gormley's work is 'The Angel of the North', a contemporary sculpture by the artist, which is located in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, England. Completed in 1998, it is seen by an estimated 33 million people every year due to its proximity to the A1 and A167 roads and the East Coast Main Line. The design of the Angel, like many of Gormley's works, is based on Gormley's own body. The Angel, like much of Gormley's other work, is based on a cast of his own body. The steel sculpture is 208 tonnes, 20 metres (66 ft) tall, with wings measuring 54 metres (177 ft) across