Anish Kapoor
Born: 1954
Hometown: London, England
Lives and Works: London, England
Website: http://anishkapoor.com
Education:
Hornsey College of Art, London, England, 1977
Chelsea School of Art, London, England, 1978
About The Artist
One of Britain’s most celebrated artists, Anish Kapoor spent his childhood in India but came of age in London, where he moved to study art. An international art star, Kapoor’s work mainly consists of simple geometric forms that are monochromatic and reflective. Employing pigment, quarried stone, and stainless steel, Kapoor’s work blurs the boundaries between architecture and sculpture. Famous for his major city installations, his most notable pieces include Cloud Gate (best known as “The Bean”) in Millennium Park, Chicago and Sky Mirror, a temporary public project at Rockefeller Center, New York. Both a Turner Prize Winner and a Commander of the British Empire, Kapoor represented Britain at the Venice Biennale in 1990.
Galleries
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Lisson Gallery, London, England
Select Permanent Collections
Courtauld Institute of Art, London, England
De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art, The Netherlands
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Tate Gallery, London, England
Works by the Artist
