Week 6- Anish Kapoor Sculpture
Celebrated for his gigantic, stainless steel Cloud Gate sculpture in Chicago’s Millennium Park, Anish Kapoor is changing the cultural environment with his public works.
1.Research Kapoor's work in order to discuss whether it is conceptual art or not. Explain your answer, using a definition of conceptual art.
1.Research Kapoor's work in order to discuss whether it is conceptual art or not. Explain your answer, using a definition of conceptual art.
Conceptual art is a type of art that has the concepts and ideas in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. It’s often personal, complex and inclusive, with creation and appreciation of a traditional art work. For example painting or sculpture And I do see the conceptual art in Anish Kapoor’s work.
The reason why I think the designer does conceptual art is because we see more of his work in a deep meaning around it, it’s not like a work where they create randomly, it’s a type of work where there are more invent with it , and reason why of creating this object.
2. Research 3 quite different works by Kapoor from countries outside New Zealand to discuss the ideas behind the work. Include images of each work on your blog.
“Shooting into the corner” is one of the most important sculpture been presented, and its consists of a cannon developed by Anish Kapoor with a team of engineers. It was an work that’s been shoot from a pneumatic compressor with 11 balls of wax into a corner of a room and all the 20 tons of wax was been fired on the exhibition.
“Spire” is a type of sculpture and the materials that he uses is the stainless steel. It was made on 2004. The sculpture was putted in the Kensington garden in London. As my own potion I think that he produce this sculpture is because he is giving this garden a new look where there well be more people come and look. the most important part of this sculpture to me is the reflection of the work, it reflects the skinny shape of an object, as you can see that when a person stand beside it, the top of the work it shrink into a very small shape, it also shrink everything into a very small shapes, look s like everything’s is going into the top point.
“Sky Mirror” is a public sculpture design by Anish Kapoor, and it was putted outside the theatre in wellington circus at Nottingham in England. This sculpture is 6 m wide in a concave shape made from polished stainless steel. The main emphasis of this work is to present the reflection of what people are doing. And reface reflects the entire environment. On the 27 April of 2001 it presents the prize of the work, and it coast $900000.
3.Discuss the large scale 'site specific' work that has been installed on a private site in New Zealand.
The scale of this work is large, as you can see the picture the work is been putted between two ranges. I wonder that if we use the work as been a place for visitor, because the point from two ends looks like place where they can see good view of the area. To me I think that it’s a work where it can be across with, because the shape of the artwork it recognizes the tunnel that we use around us.
4. Where is the Kapoor's work in New Zealand? What are its form and materials? What are the ideas behind the work?
Made with fabrics, this work is specially designed for the high wind that blows inland from the Tasman seas to the North West coast of New Zealand north island. The material he uses is deep red PVC coated polyester fabric and the fabric weight 7200kg. The fabric was sculpture by “Ferrari textiles supported by two identical matching red structural steel ellipses that weight 42750 kg each.” The work is called “the farm” it’s an outdoor art gallery in Kaipara bay at north or Auckland. It was
5. Comment on which work by Kapoor is your favourite, and explain why. Are you personally attracted more by the ideas or the aesthetics of the work?
To be honest that I really like the work “turn the world upside down” designed by Anish Kapoor, the work s constructed from highly reflective stainless steel, and the curved mirror surface created the feeling of the work its illusory distortion. And its across in a large area.
And I really like this point. A very simple shape of artwork that creates many different feeling, and for the unique sculpture above is based on upside down so when you look close the reflection or yours will be upside down, which creates a very unique feeling of been toppled. The artist it’s also very talented, the work can be very small but instead small his made it in a large scale, this large scale give the space across all environment around, so it looks more powerful and realistic. These main points give me more feeling of learning more from the artist.
Youtube has some excellent footage on Kapoor-take a look at Anish Kapoor at the Royal Academy.
www.royalacademy.org.uk ›
http://www.robgarrettcfa.com/thefarm.htm
http://www.billslater.com/cloudgate/
Youtube has some excellent footage on Kapoor-take a look at Anish Kapoor at the Royal Academy.
www.royalacademy.org.uk ›
http://www.robgarrettcfa.com/thefarm.htm
http://www.billslater.com/cloudgate/
