Stainless steel and lacquer; 150 x 120 x 34.5 cm<\/p>\n
2001<\/p>\n
Anish Kapoor was born in India in 1954 and moved to England in 1973. He is considered one of the most important sculptors alive. His art transcends the borders between painting and sculpture, his works take abstract expressionism to a form of spatialising art.
\nKapoor is famous for his stone and plaster sculptures, with openings filled with colour pigments that create astounding spatial Op-Art effects. Time and again, like for example with his amorphous and porous ‘Fragments’, which are made of synthetic resin and soil, Kapoor explores the questions of what happens in the interstices of accidental production and design, form and formlessness, or what happens if surfaces become three-dimensional. Other works by Kapoor feature an almost strange metaphorical clarity, which is otherwise only present in Anselm Kiefer\u2019s winged lead books. One of Kapoor\u2019s works is entitled \u2018Wound\u2019 and shows a wound-like trace in the material. A surrealist convexity on a wall is called \u2018When I am pregnant\u2019.
\nIn his works Kapoor addresses fundamental issues related to human existence, but also the tension between emptiness and presence, the material and the immaterial. His sculptures defy any narrative interpretation. His monumental installations enable the viewer to have an intense emotional and physical experience. This was also the case when he created
\n\u2018Marsyas\u2019 in 2002, installing an enormous blood-red membrane in the turbine hall of the Tate Modern in London. The the sculpture strechtes over 120 metres, making it impossible to grasp it in its entirety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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