{"product_id":"anish-kapoor-9780520217416","title":"Anish Kapoor","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnish Kapoor is one of a generation of internationally acclaimed British artists who came to prominence in the 1980s. He has since developed a distinctive body of work in stone  marble  pigment  stainless steel  and plaster  producing sculptures that can provoke intensely spiritual and physical feelings.  This catalog accompanies Kapoors first major showing in a public gallery in Britain. New pieces created especially for the Hayward Gallery transform the London gallery space  penetrating the walls and floors and giving the impression that the work is growing out of the architecture. Included in the show are a series of monumental stone sculptures weighing up to eight tons each.  Much of Kapoors recent work explores the concept of the \"void.\" The artist cuts deeply into the stone  sometimes coating the interior surfaces with a rich pigment and transforming the void into a charged  dark space. Kapoor also works with reflective surfaces that appear to engulf the viewer and his surroundings.  Homi Bhabhas essay asks what kind of theory of art and culture emerges from Kapoors work. Bhabha offers an \"ethical\" interpretation that explores the way the sculptures force one to ponder not just art  but the role of art in the world. He also comments on how playful Kapoors work is in its use of color  object  and fantasy  and on how the combination of \"deadly seriousness\" and play are essential in his sculptures.  \"I am really interested in the end  at the end of the process  at the way a stone is not a stone  the way the stone becomes something else  becomes light  becomes a proposition  becomes a lens.\"Anish Kapoor\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45273381371957,"sku":"ByrdShop_0520217411","price":239.68,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780520217416.jpg?v=1780488551","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/anish-kapoor-9780520217416","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}