AnISH KAPOOR - Virginie Luc
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Engineering the art of anish kapoor
Design and engineering firm Aerotrope’s work on Anish Kapoor’s Deutsche Guggenheim commission is the latest in a series of close collaborations with the artist that began almost ten years ago |
Does Kapoor have a flesh in dismemberment of Jeanne d'Arc?
When Kapoor returns 30 years later to pigment work, but on a much larger-scale in Dismemberment of Jeanne d'Arc (2009), connection to flesh is made more obvious through Kapoor's creation of an abstract "dismembered body" of the martyred saint.
How did Kapoor influence sculptor Conrad Shawcross?
Kapoor combines Eastern heritage with Western influence and as a result makes truly international art. His influence has been felt widely and particularly in the work of fellow British sculptor, Conrad Shawcross. Like Kapoor, Shawcross uses sculpture to illustrate metaphor and to make physical poetry.
Why did Kapoor join the new British Sculptors?
During the early 1980s, Logsdail was gathering together a diverse selection of British sculptors, to later become known as the New British Sculptors, and he wanted Kapoor to be part of the group. With his reputation as a serious artist now secure, Kapoor represented Britain in the 1990 Venice Biennale, and won the prestigious Turner Prize in 1991.
Did Kapoor's 'descent into Limbo' really hurt himself?
Some visitors have taken this injunction literally: a few years ago, when “Descent Into Limbo” was shown at a gallery in Portugal, a man in his sixties fell in. “Poor fellow, he must have hurt himself so badly,” Kapoor said. “He spent three or four days in hospital.”
Childhood
Anish Kapoor was born in 1954 in Mumbai, India. His mother was the Iraqi-Jewish daughter of a rabbi who immigrated to India from Baghdad with her family when she was an infant. His Hindu father was a hydrographer for the Indian Navy, who spent much of Kapoor's childhood on the ocean collecting data and charting marine navigation. Both of his parent
Education / Early Training
As a child, Kapoor enjoyed finishing his mother's paintings, but he had no intention of becoming an artist. At age 17, he and his brother used free plane tickets to go to Israel and live and work at a kibbutz in Gan Shmuel. Kapoor fully embraced the kibbutz's communal living and utopian ideas of making a difference in the world. The experience was
Mature Period and Current Work
At the same time Kapoor found artistic success, he also found personal fulfillment. In 1995, he married the German-born art historian, Susanne Spicale, while also finally resolving his psychological issues. Crediting psychoanalysis with allowing him to explore his inner mind and process, Kapoor attributes the therapy to a better understanding of hi
The Legacy of Anish Kapoor
Following in the Post-minimalist tradition, according to famed art critic, Roberta Smith, "Kapoor has paid homage to Minimalism's faith in weightless volumes, abstraction, specific materials, saturated color and simplicity of form, while also exploring different materials' capacities for visual illusion, the biggest of Minimalism's no-nos". Many of
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AnISH KAPOOR - Virginie Luc
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Dictionnaire des arts - Numilog
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