Some of the paintings project as much as two feet from the gallery wall. There's paint, of course, but also silicon, and white resin applied deep and wide on canvas. Kapoor’s newer work includes his first paintings in years, though they stretch the description of a painting somewhat. Kapoor's enormous sculpture easily dwarfs the aspirations of Gustave Eiffel.Īnish Kapoor with a scale model of his ArcelorMittal Orbit. The iconic attraction hopes visitors will be attracted by the architectural design and detailed integration enough to want to take the elevator to the top and then maybe walk down the spiral staircase. The ArcelorMittal Orbit sculpture, is 22 meters taller than the Statue of Liberty, and has two observation floors with a spiral staircase consisting of 455 steps. Sponsors hope the tower will attract one million visitors a year to Stratford's Olympic Park. Designed by Kapoor and structural designer Cecil Balmond, the work is a tangled steel lattice incorporating the five Olympic rings. Standing 114.5 meters tall, the sculpture was erected at the cost of a whopping £22.7 million. Turning the World Upside Down, 1996, Anish Kapoor.įor the 2012 Olympic Games in London, Kapoor created the ArcleorMittal Orbit (below), now the UK's tallest sculpture. Turning the World Upside Down (below) dating from 1996 is typical of Kapoor's "spacey" work. Kapoor is intrigued by the empty spaces between and within the shapes he has made, and by the endless, repeating "fractal images" reflected on their polished surfaces. However, quite apart from his work with pigments, holes, and other disquieting shapes and media, Kapoor is undoubtedly best knows for his "shiny stuff" such his Spire (top) or his Tall Tree and the Eye, seen at right when displayed in Paris in 2009. Those early works were unlike anything ever seen. They are a source of wonder, luscious, beautiful, delicious and very sensual. Being from India, Kapoor relates emotionally to the pieces of the work, which are made in pigments with extraordinarily exotic shapes. One of Kapoor's favorite work is 1000 Names (above), dating from 1979–80. Had I known the art landmark was so nearby, I would definitely have found the time to pay my respects. I say I almost saw it inasmuch as the park and Kapoor's massive, polished mass is right next door to the Art Institute of Chicago where I spent an entire day. the "bean") located in that city's Millennial Park. I had, in fact written about the British sculptor's Cloud Gate (below, a.k.a. While in Chicago a few years ago I almost saw (experienced would be a better word) his most famous work. I'm ashamed to admit that the name didn't immediately "ring a bell," though it should have. In the case of Anish Kapoor, my wife, who has very little interest in art, brought a small news article to my attention. At other times they simply reflect some artist or art interest I find fascinating myself and wish to probe deeper, hoping those reading my words will enjoy the effort. Often they come from a news item I come across on the Internet. There is, of course, no single answer to that. Not too long ago a reader sent me an e-mail discussing one of my posts at which time he asked, how and where I came up with the broad variety of content areas he found so interesting.
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