Active since the late 1970s, Anish Kapoor is best known for his investigations into colour, scale, volume, materiality,and the concept of the void. His sculptures, installations, and public artworks test the phenomenology of space and have historically been characterized by intensely tactile or reflective materials including coloured pigments, wax, polished stainless steel, and PVC that resist narrative reading. This volume documents Memory, Kapoor's 2008 commission for the Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin. Conceived as a site-specific intervention in galleries in the Deutsche Guggenheim and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Memory prevents any complete viewing or experience. Fabricated of Cor-Ten steel with industrial bolts exposed, the giant egg-shaped piece tests the boundaries between sculpture and painting. It is considered in this catalogue through the lenses of philosophy and postcolonial and architectural theory. This volume includes preparatory sketches, architectural renderings, and photographs of the current work as well as other works by the artist. With selected exhibition history and bibliography.
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Onsite

Location code
MON.KAA
Language

English

Publication/Creation date

2009

No of pages

128

ISBN / ISSN

9780892073955

No of copies

2

Content type

artist monograph, 

catalogue

Chapter headings

When Empty Is Full - Henri LUSTIGER-THALER

Memory: Concepts and Final Form

Suspending Disbelief: Anish Kapoor's Mental Sculpture - Sandhini PODDAR

Signs and Trace - Gayatri CHAKRAVORTY SPIVAK

Perception before Cognition - Steven HOLL, David VAN DER LEER

Engineering the Art of Anish Kapoor - Christopher HORNZEE-JONES

Anish Kapoor: Memory
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Anish Kapoor: Memory