T he artist explores the potential of ‘mapping’ body space with boldly physical sculptures that increase the dynamic between space and mass.

Gormley’s Cast Beamer works, of which CAST VII is one, deconstruct and reassemble the interior volume of the body through interlocking beams that run in all three axes and touch the surface of the volume at both ends.

These works are an evolution of the early Blockworks and the recent Blockers series. They describe the body in terms of the tectonics of post and lintel architecture and attempt to translate body mass into the equivalent of a high-rise tower.

Life-size in scale, they represent a body in unstable moments of rest—from crouching to fully erect. Most of the early BEAMERS have a clockwork twist with the head turned 90 degrees from the feet.

藝 術家以質感鮮明強烈的雕塑，突顯空間與物質之間的張力，探索「掃瞄」及紀錄人體的可能性。

葛姆雷的《CAST VII》屬於「鑄造橫樑」（Cast Beamer）系列的作品，與一般從外勾勒出人體實際線條的雕塑不同，他透過相互交錯的「橫樑」解構並重新建構身體所佔用的空間，這些「橫樑」組合出身體的長、闊和高，每條「橫樑」的兩端都代表著身體體積的盡頭。

這系列演變自早期的「鑄造砌塊」（Blockworks）及較近期的「砌塊」（Blockers）系列。這些作品以柱子和楣樑建構出人的驅體，試圖將身體化為有如高樓大廈一般的建築。

這系列等身大小的雕塑，呈現了身體從蹲著到站直等各種不穩定的靜態瞬間。大部分早期的「橫樑」系列作品的頭部與腳尖朝向的方向都會錯開90度，有如時鐘指針的不同方向。