Antony Gormley speaks of how the British Museum has been the foundation of what sculpture means to him. Neil MacGregor (Director of the British Museum) reflects on how Gormley's work and countless examples in the Museum's sculpture collection, one of the greatest in the world, have the aspiration to be much more than just human.

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Inspired by the Museum's collection

Assyrian winged bull

One of a pair of colossal human-headed winged bulls.

 

Bust of Ramesses

Weighing 7.25 tons, this fragment was cut from a single block of two-coloured granite.