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Anish Kapoor
UNSEEN
➤ At the Edge of the World II, 1998. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm
Anish Kapoor (b. 1954) was born in India and has lived and worked in the UK since 1973. He is one of the most influential artists of our time.
Over the past four decades, Kapoor has created a body of ground-breaking works out of materials such as wax, stone, pigment and polished stainless steel. His monumental art simultaneously envelops and overwhelms the observer.
➤ Destierro, 2017. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm
➤ Destierro, 2017. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm.03
At the same time, Kapoor examines what we cannot see. Anish Kapoor – Unseen addresses this aspect of Kapoor’s art. It is the first major solo show with Anish Kapoor in Scandinavia.
➤ Destierro, 2017. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm.04
➤ At the Edge of the World II, 1998. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm03
➤ Memory, 2008. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm.02
➤ Memory, 2008. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm
➤ Mipa Blue 5 to Cobalt Blue and Black, 2021. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm.
➤ Descent into Limbo, 1992. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm
The absence and the void are central in Kapoor's art. He gives what we cannot see a sensory form, for example, when water flows into an invisible abyss in Descension (2014), or when he lets us gaze into the dark interior of Memory (2008). Despite the impressive scale of his works, something remains hidden: something we can neither see nor fully understand. The exhibition addresses this paradoxical aspect of Kapoor's works: we feel the effect of the works with our bodies and senses, yet there is more at play than what meets the eye.
➤ Descension, 2015. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm.02
➤ Descension, 2015. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm
➤ My Red Homeland, 2003. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm.
➤ Random Triangle Mirror 2017. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm
➤ S–Curve, 2006. © Anish Kapoor. All rights reserved. Photo by David Stjernholm
