The most important person in the exhibition is the visitor, who has to find their place between the Hermitage's marble classical sculptures and modern metal sculptures. A person's scale, proportions, real and ideal, and place in the world are the questions the visitor is posed. This exhibition is a special project created by the British sculptor Antony Gormley (born 1950) for two spaces in the Classical World permanent exhibition, the Dionysus Hall and the Ancient Courtyard. Nine classical sculptures stand in silent dialogue with seventeen new sculptures in front of the viewer, who, for a second, freezes in front of them and becomes a statue.

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