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Anish Kapoor — “If the traditional sublime is in deep space, then this [the mirrored object] is proposing that the contemporary sublime is in front of the picture plane, not beyond it. I continue to make these works because I feel this is a whole new spatial adventure” — Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor

“If the traditional sublime is in deep space, then this [the mirrored object] is proposing that the contemporary sublime is in front of the picture plane, not beyond it. I continue to make these works because I feel this is a whole new spatial adventure” — Anish Kapoor

2011

Anish Kapoor's mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture challenges conventional notions of the sublime by turning the viewer's gaze back upon itself rather than outward into infinite depth. The work's convex or concave reflective surface distorts and absorbs the surrounding environment, making the observer both subject and object within the piece. In doing so, Kapoor collapses the boundary between artwork and audience, proposing that transcendence exists not in the distant or the vast, but in the immediate, disorienting space between the object and the self.

Medium
stainless steel

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20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale

November 16, 2017

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Anish Kapoor, “If the traditional sublime is in deep space, then this [the mirrored object] is proposing that the contemporary sublime is in front of the picture plane, not beyond it. I continue to make these works because I feel this is a whole new spatial adventure” — Anish Kapoor, 2011

Anish Kapoor's mirror-polished stainless steel sculpture challenges conventional notions of the sublime by turning the viewer's gaze back upon itself rather than outward into infinite depth. The work's convex or concave reflective surface distorts and absorbs the surrounding environment, making the observer both subject and object within the piece. In doing so, Kapoor collapses the boundary between artwork and audience, proposing that transcendence exists not in the distant or the vast, but in the immediate, disorienting space between the object and the self.

Medium
stainless steel
Year
2011
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Minimalist Abstraction, Abstract Art, Sublime Aesthetic, Spatial Exploration, Sublime Aesthetics, Conceptual Art, Industrial Materials, Reflective Sculpture, Acclaimed Modern Master, Contemporary Sculptor, Renowned Sculptor, Three Dimensional Form, Stainless Steel Medium, 21st Century Art, Late 20th Century, Mirrored Surface, Stainless Steel, Silver Tones, Three-Dimensional, British Indian Artist

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