Anish kapoor's stage design for ‘pelléas et mélisande’(2008)
Svayambh (2007) 
Turning the world upside down, Jerusalem, (2010) image from www.designboom.com
1.Research Kapoor's work in order to discuss the ideas behind 3 quite different works from countries outside New Zealand.
Turning the world upside down, Jerusalem, (2010) is 5m high and 5m wide hourglass shaped sculpture in ida crown plaza at the top of the carter promenade just before the upper entrance to Israel museum's main building. It is made with highly- polished stainless steel. It reflects sky and ground upside down as it seems like the ground is pulling the sky down towards it. This has significant meaning relevant to Israel; “the reversal of sky and earth also relates to the spiritual importance of jerusalem as seen in the concepts of earthly and celestial / heavenly jerusalem.” (http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/11236/anish-kapoor-turning-the-world-upside-down-jerusalem.html)
1.Research Kapoor's work in order to discuss the ideas behind 3 quite different works from countries outside New Zealand.
Turning the world upside down, Jerusalem, (2010) is 5m high and 5m wide hourglass shaped sculpture in ida crown plaza at the top of the carter promenade just before the upper entrance to Israel museum's main building. It is made with highly- polished stainless steel. It reflects sky and ground upside down as it seems like the ground is pulling the sky down towards it. This has significant meaning relevant to Israel; “the reversal of sky and earth also relates to the spiritual importance of jerusalem as seen in the concepts of earthly and celestial / heavenly jerusalem.” (http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/11236/anish-kapoor-turning-the-world-upside-down-jerusalem.html)
Anish Kapoor's stage design for ‘pelléas et mélisande’(2008) is a prop for opera pelléas et mélisande’ at brussels’ de munt theatre in Belgium. It is red organic shape object raised up from stage by stairs and has a gangboard across its width that enables actors to stand on. This work changed my preconception of Anish Kapoor that he only creates huge objects made for outside.
Svayambh, (2007) installation at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes and Munich’s Haus der Kunst. This doorway shaped sculpture goes across from one gallery to the other leaving its red track that made out of wax, paint and Vaseline. The red colour gives strong contrast to the white interior of building.
2.Discuss the large scale site specific work that has been installed on a private site in New Zealand.
Svayambh, (2007) installation at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Nantes and Munich’s Haus der Kunst. This doorway shaped sculpture goes across from one gallery to the other leaving its red track that made out of wax, paint and Vaseline. The red colour gives strong contrast to the white interior of building.
2.Discuss the large scale site specific work that has been installed on a private site in New Zealand.
“The Farm,” , PVC and steel, 25 × 25 x 84m, installation is at a 400ha (1,000 acre) private estate outdoor art gallery in Kaipara Bay, north of Auckland. The sculpture is made with” a custom deep red PVC-coated polyester fabric by Ferrari Textiles supported by two identical matching red structural steel ellipses that weigh 42,750kg each. The fabric alone weighs 7,200kg.” (http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0110_sk_sculpture.html)
3. Where is the Kapoor's work in New Zealand? What are its form and materials? What are the ideas behind the work?
3. Where is the Kapoor's work in New Zealand? What are its form and materials? What are the ideas behind the work?
It has 2 eclipses at its opposite ends. One is positioned in horizontal and the other in vertical.
The sculpture, which passes through a carefully cut hillside, provides a kaleidoscopic view of the beautiful Kaipara Harbor at the vertical ellipse end and the hand contoured rolling valleys and hills of “The Farm” from the horizontal ellipse. As I mentioned earlier it is made out of fabric to withstand strong Tasmanian wind. The sculpute also designed to fit the hillside in Kaipara Bay.
4. Comment on which work by Kapoor is your favourite, and why.
I like “turning up side down”(2010) because he is still playing on the reflection of sky and ground from his famous early work “Cloud Gate”(2004) Chicargo Millineum Park. I prefer “Turning up side down” because it does not have such a organic shape like “Cloud Gate”(2004) and the sculpture adds unique meaning to the land it stands as I mentioned in the first question.
Reference List
Anish Kapoor (n.d.) Retrieved September 1, 2010 from www.anishkapoor.com/works/
Anish Kapoor sculpture blends fabric and steel in New Zealand (2010). Retrieved September 1, 2010 from http://fabricarchitecturemag.com/articles/0110_sk_sculpture.html
Anish Kapoors stage design for pelleas et melisande (2008) Retrieved September 1, 2010 from http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/4244/anish-kapoors-stage-design-for-pelleas-et-melisande.html
Anish Kapoor turning the world upside down jerusalem (2010) Retrieved September 1, 2010 from
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/11236/anish-kapoor-turning-the-world-upside-down-jerusalem.html
“Svayambh” – Anish Kapoor (2007) Retrieved September 1, 2010 from http://ambush.wordpress.com/2007/11/28/svayambh-anish-kapoor/
This guy has some incredible works and I would love to make something like his. I also like how he uses the red to his relate to his cultural background in sense, you get a feel of the dusty red ground of India when you look at his works such as 'My Red Homeland - 2003' and 'Svayambh - 2007'. His 'The Farm' large scale installation in Kaipara Bay, New Zealand, is something i would try and sneak into the private farm and actually get a good look at the huge thing during any road trip pass the area
ReplyDeleteI agree your posting. I really like his work because my major is interior and architecture design in korea. so I am interested about installation. My favorite his work is Cloud Gate. When I saw his work at first time, I shouted because I was amazing and I Really like huge special design and his work can reflect of sky and buildings so it is beautiful things to me, of course I am sure that many people which visit his work's area. so it is my favorite work of Anish Kapoor and I wanna visit to Millennium Park I really hope that !!!!
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