Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor (born 1954 in Bombay) has lived and worked in London over thirty years. His work combines the spiritual traditions of his native country and the notion of the sublime from the Western art tradition. Since his first sculptures simple forms covered with color pigments and arranged on the floor – Kapoor has developed a multi-faceted body of works using stone, steel or glass. In his objects and forms the border between painting and sculpture becomes blurred. In the creation of threedimensional bodies his way of working is typical of the sculptor, but his themes – emptiness, absence, transformation and immateriality derive from painting. Kapoor's intention is to create sculptures that don’t only deal with questions of form but also address the themes of belief, passion or experiences beyond material concerns.