One and Other is a solitary figure overlooking the landscape from the top of a tree trunk. It has no distinct features, making it seem both anonymous and universal. Placed at this height, the work becomes a beacon in the landscape, but the figure remains out of reach and distant. Made from cast iron, the material has rusted naturally and its colour has deepened over the passing years.

Antony Gormley describes his work as an inquiry into the body “as a place of memory and transformation”. Although his sculptures are often based on casts of his own body, he does not see them as statues of himself. He has described them as “the place where a particular body once was and anybody could be”. His work invites us to consider our place in the world around us, as well as our relationship to time and space.

Antony Gormley (b. 1950) is one of the UK’s best known sculptors. His monumental Angel of the Northstands alongside the A1 in Gateshead, and his collection of figures titled Another Placelook out to sea on Crosby Beach in Liverpool. He has exhibited across the world in galleries and public spaces. In 1994 he was awarded the Turner Prize and has been a Royal Academician since 2003.

Courtesy of the artist. The display of this sculpture has been made possible by the provision of insurance through the Government Indemnity Scheme. Yorkshire Sculpture Park would like to thank HM Government for providing Government Indemnity and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Arts Council England for arranging the indemnity.