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Anish Kapoor — "The vessel’s thingness does not lie at all in the material ofwhich it consists, but in the void that it holds." - Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor

"The vessel’s thingness does not lie at all in the material ofwhich it consists, but in the void that it holds." - Anish Kapoor

A luminous, deeply pigmented acrylic form sits atop the artist's own pedestal, its polished surface drawing the eye inward toward a hollow interior that seems to absorb and dissolve light. Kapoor challenges the viewer to look past the material object itself and instead contemplate the charged emptiness within, suggesting that absence is the vessel's true subject. The work transforms void into presence, inviting a meditative tension between what is seen and what is felt.

Medium
acrylic, with artist's pedestal

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Contemporary Art Day Sale

November 12, 2013

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Anish Kapoor, "The vessel’s thingness does not lie at all in the material ofwhich it consists, but in the void that it holds." - Anish Kapoor

A luminous, deeply pigmented acrylic form sits atop the artist's own pedestal, its polished surface drawing the eye inward toward a hollow interior that seems to absorb and dissolve light. Kapoor challenges the viewer to look past the material object itself and instead contemplate the charged emptiness within, suggesting that absence is the vessel's true subject. The work transforms void into presence, inviting a meditative tension between what is seen and what is felt.

Medium
acrylic, with artist's pedestal
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

British-Indian, Monumental, Acrylic, Conceptual, Void, Sculpture, Red, Abstract, Minimalism, Contemporary

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Alex Capecelatro