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''Horizon Field'' is a 2010 sculpture installation by

Antony Gormley Sir Antony Mark David Gormley (born 30 August 1950) is a British sculptor. His works include the ''Angel of the North'', a public sculpture in Gateshead in the north of England, commissioned in 1994 and erected in February 1998; ''Another Pla ...

. The installation features 100 life-sized cast iron statues of the human body left at exactly above sea-level in the

Austrian Alps The Central Eastern Alps (german: Zentralalpen or Zentrale Ostalpen), also referred to as Austrian Central Alps (german: Österreichische Zentralalpen) or just Central Alps, comprise the main chain of the Eastern Alps in Austria and the adjacent ...

. It is the first art project of its kind erected in the Alps and the largest landscape intervention in Austria to date.Artnations.co.uk
retrieved 1 August 2010 The work covers an area of in the Land

Vorarlberg Vorarlberg ( , ; gsw, label=Vorarlbergisch, Vorarlbearg, , or ) is the westernmost States of Austria, state () of Austria. It has the second-smallest geographical area after Vienna and, although it also has the second-smallest population, it is ...

, Austria, communities of

Mellau Mellau is a town in the Bregenz Forest in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg, part of the district of Bregenz. Geography Mellau covers an area of 40.55 km2. Mellau lies at the foot of the Kanisfluh mountain which is considered ...

Schoppernau Schoppernau is a town in the Bregenzerwald Region (Bregenz district) of the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. Schoppernau has an area of 47.64 km2. Population History Until the 10th century, Schoppernau seems to have been pristine forest. Schop ...

Schröcken Schröcken is a municipality in the district of Bregenz, in the westernmost Austrian state of Vorarlberg. Geography Schröcken is in the Austrian Alps, at an altitude of 1,269 meters. 12.4% of the area are forested, 39.4% Alpine area. History ...

, Warth,

Mittelberg Mittelberg is a municipality in the district of Bregenz in the Kleinwalsertal,in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. It is accessible by road only from Germany. Geography The town of Mittelberg lies in the Kleinwalsertal, a valley that is access ...

Lech Lech may refer to: People * Lech (name), a name of Polish origin * Lech, the legendary founder of Poland * Lech (Bohemian prince) Products and organizations * Lech (beer), Polish beer produced by Kompania Piwowarska, in Poznań * Lech Poznań, ...

, Klösterle, and

Dalaas Dalaas is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in the Austrian state of Vorarlberg. Population Mayor Since 2005 Christian Gantner (* 1980) is the mayor. See also * Horizon Field ''Horizon Field'' is a 2010 sculpture installation by ...

References

External links

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Horizon Field on the Kunsthaus Bregenz Website
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Useful information about the project in Vorarlberg with Google Earth application
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