Round 20: Tossup 17

This artist ate away his own body’s shape from 8,000 pieces of stale and moldy bread for the piece Bed. A steel latticework sculpture of a crouching figure by this artist is nicknamed “the shitting man” by Dutch locals. Indigenous Mexican brickmakers crafted the 35,000 small (-5[1])terracotta humanoids that carpet the floor in this artist’s installation Field. Spike and Isla glimpse a work by this artist in the distance in a shot from 28 Years Later. 100 iron castings of this artist’s naked body face the sea at Crosby Beach in the piece Another Place. A 66-foot-tall weathered steel sculpture by this artist with a 177-foot ribbed airplane wingspan is seen by tens of millions of people per year because of its proximity to the A1 road near Gateshead. For 10 points, name this contemporary English sculptor who created the Angel of the North. ■END■ (0[1])

ANSWER: Antony Gormley [or Sir Antony Mark David Gormley]
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