Credit: Wikimedia CommonsĬathedrals are likewise something the artist is familiar with. The ArcelorMittal Orbit in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in Stratford, London. In an interview, Kapoor himself compared the sculpture to a cathedral. The UK’s tallest public sculpture, a 115-meter-high installation, is asymmetrical, a mess of knots and jutting elbows. His blood-red Orbit tower, erected for the 2012 Olympic Games in London’s Olympic Park, is a delight among Londoners. Kapoor, who said he is interested in the idea that objects are not necessarily as they might appear at first, warns viewers that illusions are lurking everywhere.Īlthough his sculptures and installations do not normally pose any physical danger to the viewer, they are challenging, pushing the limits of art.Īlso Read: The World of Architecture Should Embrace the Avant-Garde, as This Year’s Pritzker Prize Has Yet the idea behind it is one that is central to the sculptor and painter. Sneaky though it may have been, Kapoor was dismayed by the accident. The artwork, Descent into Limbo, was created by painting the walls of the hole with a high-tech acrylic paint that absorbed the light in such a way that the abyss suggested that it was a circle painted on the floor. According to media reports, the man landed in the hospital with minor injuries. Despite warnings advising against going too close, a man attempted to walk across the intensely black surface and fell inside. The hole in question was a 2.5-meter deep exhibit in Portugal, installed by artist Anish Kapoor. And this one, from summer 2018, had nothing to do with astrophysics. "Anish Kapoor: Works, Thoughts, Experiments" will be opened to the public until January 09, 2019.“ Black hole devours museum visitor” is an odd headline. The central exhibition space of Serralves Museum hosts 56 models of realized and unrealized projects conceived by the artist over the past 40 years showing the intimate scale of the artists studio as a space of thinking and experimentation. The exhibition presents a selection of outdoor works that are representative of Kapoors sculptural language, its choice and siting of sculptures in the Park of Serralves carefully considered by the artist so as to create an itinerary through time, space, perception and meaning. PORTO, PORTUGAL - JULY 06: Indian artist Anish Kapoor talks to journalists inside the cube structure of Descent into Limbo during the presentation to the press of his exhibition "Anish Kapoor: Works, Thoughts, Experiments" in Serralves Museum and Park on Jin Porto, Portugal. The artwork hole looks like it could be a bottomless void or, conversely, have no depth at all - like a cartoon hole that can be rolled up and moved to another location.īut as the Italian gentleman found out, it is actually 8 feet deep.Ī spokesman for the museum told The Art Newspaper that the installation has both staffers and signage warning visitors not to get too close. MORE: California woman's 'selfie fail' allegedly destroys $200,000 worth of art Because of the inky black pigment coating the hole's sides, viewers have difficulty determining its depth. The installation is on exhibition at the Serralves museum in Porto.
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