Exposure (the crouching man) - Anthony Gormley

A giant of few words

This striking 26-metre-high steel giant gazes eternally from the Bataviahaven in Lelystad towards the Markermeer. Its appearance lures you from afar. Be sure to pay him a visit, but know that he will let you go without answering your questions.

Known worldwide

With his striking appearance, Exposure has gained worldwide fame. In 2021, for instance, he appeared in the final of the Eurovision Song Contest, in front of more than 180 million worldwide viewers. Naturally, this is why you want to see this celebrity with your own eyes. To do so, navigate to the Markerstrekdam. It sits right next to the Batavia Beach and near the Batavia Quarter with Batavia Stad Fashion Outlet and Batavialand, among others, waiting for you.

We can imagine you're full of questions. What does Exposure think of his view? What does he think when it rains? Maybe you even want his autograph. All these questions are likely to go unanswered. After all, the crouching man is a person of few words.

About the creator: Antony Gormley

Crouching man balances on the border of land and water. Antony Gormley, known among other things for ‘Angel of the North’, one of the best-known works of art in the UK, became fascinated by the malleability of the new polder. For this reason, he drew inspiration for the gigantic artwork Exposure from the virgin landscape. Driving through the polder, he discovered a landscape with a rhythm of straight lines of canals, fields and windmills. He then incorporated the high-voltage pylons, which lie like a nervous system in Flevoland, into Exposure.

Even from afar, the artwork can be recognised as a transparent human form. The closer you get, the more abstract and impressive this complex piece of engineering becomes. Gormley often takes the human form as his starting point. He usually uses his own body as an example.