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Lot No. 111

ANISH KAPOOR
b. 1954
UNTITLED
56 x 56 x 47.6 in ( 142.2 x 142.2 x 121 cm)
Fiberglass and paint
2012

` 3,32,00,000 – 4,98,00,000
$ 400,000 - 600,000

Signed & Dated: Verso

The first living artist to present a solo show
at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, Anish
Kapoor is known for sculptures that are not only
path-breaking but also celebrate the grandeur
of simplicity. His conceptual art transcends
beyond just the physical, using the interplay of
perception, dimension and space through the
use of curvilinear forms and colour.

The presented untitled lot, executed in 2012,
using fibreglass and paint, is an exceptional not a compositional tool, it’s a thing. It’s like a
example of his preoccupation with transforming bucket of water or something,” said Kapoor to
spaces. Part of a series of vividly coloured, The Telegraph while speaking of the series.
hollow, bowl-like structures, the lot is in the
shape of a hemisphere that alters form as you In many ways, the series showcases the artist’s
walk closer and around it. While pieces from the growth from his core ideas. With the piece, it
series seem like floating figures at first, upon is evident that he has built from a foundation
closer inspection, the viewer sees the concave of works that he has been creating since the
form. The monochrome used is luminous and inception of his career. Some of his earliest
intense, lending to the piece’s otherworldly works included structures of pigment that
quality. The colour is bold and, in close proximity, showcased his command over colour. His
seems to engulf the viewer, an effect that the preoccupation with void-like sculptures that
artist wanted to achieve. seem like portals to another dimension, creating
a space unto themselves, can also be seen in this
He believes that movement around the sculpture series. The illusion of discs too can be associated
changes the viewer’s consciousness of the with arguably his most well-known series, the
colour, becoming endless space. The bright pink reflective stainless steel discs. Although the
colour of the lot seems to have an identity of series gleans from and expands on his many
his own. “That’s what I’m after. That sense that landmark works, it is a unique and experimental
the colour is a kind of saturated condition. It’s addition to Kapoor’s vast and diverse oeuvre.