'Anish Kapoor's sculptures are as mysterious as they are beautiful. Although they employ a wide range of traditional and non-traditional materials, from alabaster to polished steel to vaseline, their real subject is often immaterial and ungraspable: a chasm, a reflection, a column of air. Kapoor belongs to a generation of British sculptors (Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Antony Gormley) who revived sculpture by injecting it with new vitality, even playfulness, in the wake of Minimalism. It should come as no surprise, then, that he is one of the best-loved artists working today, the recipient of numerous international awards (including the Turner Prize) and the creative force behind some of the most popular public sculptures in contemporary art, including Marsyas in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall (2002) and Cloud Gate in Chicago's Millennium Park (2004). This generously illustrated volume includes hundreds of artworks spanning Kapoor's long and celebrated career, as well as perceptive new essays by David Anfam and Johanna Burton and an insightful interview by Donna De Salvo.' (from Phaidon Press)

Includes an extensive chronology covering the artist’s life in detail and illustrated with snapshots, sketches and ephemera. Also includes Kapoor's exhibition history, bibliography and index.
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MON.KAA
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2009

No of pages

528

ISBN / ISSN

9780714843698

No of copies

1

Content type

artist monograph

Chapter headings

To Fathom the Abyss - David ANFAM

Namely, What Is Called Love - Johanna BURTON

Anish Kapoor in Conversation with Donna De Salvo

Chronology - Matt PRICE

Baltic Anish - Richard DEACON

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Anish Kapoor