Lisson Gallery

Anish Kapoor

Anish Kapoor is one of the most influential sculptors of his generation. Perhaps most famous for public sculptures that are both adventures in form and feats of engineering, Kapoor manoeuvres between vastly different scales, across numerous series of work. Immense PVC skins, stretched or deflated; concave or convex mirrors whose reflections attract and swallow the viewer; recesses carved in stone and pigmented so as to disappear: these voids and protrusions summon up deep-felt metaphysical polarities of presence and absence, concealment and revelation. Forms turn themselves inside out, womb-like, and materials are not painted but impregnated with colour, as if to negate the idea of an outer surface, inviting the viewer to the inner reaches of the imagination. Kapoor’s geometric forms from the early 1980s, for example, rise up from the floor and appear to be made of pure pigment, while the viscous, blood-red wax sculptures from the last ten years – kinetic and self-generating – ravage their own surfaces and explode the quiet of the gallery environment. There are resonances with mythologies of the ancient world – Indian, Egyptian, Greek and Roman – and with modern times.

Anish Kapoor was born in Mumbai, India in 1954 and lives and works in London and Venice. He studied at Hornsey College of Art, London, UK (1973–77) followed by postgraduate studies at Chelsea School of Art, London, UK (1977–78). Recent solo exhibitions include Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy (2023-24); Gallerie dell'Accademia di Venezia and Palazzo Manfrin, Venice, Italy (2022); Modern Art Oxford, UK (2021); Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning, Shenzhen, China (2021); Houghton Hall, Norfolk, UK (2020); Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany (2020); ‘Surge’ at Fundación Proa, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2019); Central Academy of Fine Arts Museum and Imperial Ancestral Temple, Beijing, China (2019); CorpArtes, Santiago, Chile (2019); Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery, London, UK (2019); Serralves Museum, Porto, Portugal (2018); ‘Descension’’ at Public Art Fund, Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1, New York, NY, USA (2017); Parque de la Memoria, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2017); MAST Foundation, Bologna, Italy (2017); Museo Universitario Arte Contemporáneo (MUAC), Mexico City, Mexico (2016); Couvent de la Tourette, Eveux, France (2015); Château de Versailles, Versailles, France (2015) and The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow, Russia (2015). He represented Britain at the 44th Venice Biennale in 1990 with Void Field (1989), for which he was awarded the Premio Duemila for Best Young Artist. Kapoor won the Turner Prize in 1991 and has honorary fellowships from the University of Wolverhampton, UK (1999), the Royal Institute of British Architecture, London, UK (2001) and an honorary doctorate from the University of Oxford, UK (2014). Anish Kapoor was awarded a CBE in 2003 and a Knighthood in 2013 for services to visual arts. Large scale public projects include Cloud Gate (2004) in Millennium Park, Chicago, USA and Orbit (2012) in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, UK and Ark Nova (2013) the world's first inflatable concert hall in Japan.

Recent, current and forthcoming projects

'Anish Kapoor. Untrue Unreal' - Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (7 October 2023 - 4 February 2024) 

'Anish Kapoor' - Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia ( -

'Anish Kapoor: Painting' - Modern Art Oxford (2 October 2021 - 13 February 2022)

'Anish Kapoor' - Museum of Contemporary Art and Urban Planning (2 April - 4 July 2021)

 

Void Pavilion VII

Anish Kapoor
Void Pavilion VII

2023
700 x 900 x 900 cm
275 5/8 x 354 3/8 x 354 3/8 in
Installation view of 'Anish Kapoor. Untrue Unreal', Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (2023)

Dark Brutal

Anish Kapoor
Dark Brutal

2023
Fibreglass and paint
172.5 x 172.5 x 43 cm
67 7/8 x 67 7/8 x 16 7/8 in

Gathering Clouds

Anish Kapoor
Gathering Clouds

2014
Fibreglass and paint
Dimensions Variable
Each: 188 x 188 x 39 cm
Each: 74 x 74 x 15 3/8 in
Installation view of 'Anish Kapoor. Untrue Unreal', Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (2023)

Non-Object Black

Anish Kapoor
Non-Object Black

2015
Vantablack
39 x 39 x 12 cm
15 3/8 x 15 3/8 x 4 3/4 in

Non-Object Black

Anish Kapoor
Non-Object Black

2015
Vantablack
39 x 39 x 12 cm
15 3/8 x 15 3/8 x 4 3/4 in

Mirror, 2018 (left) and Newborn, 2019 (right)

Anish Kapoor
Mirror, 2018 (left) and Newborn, 2019 (right)

Installation view of 'Anish Kapoor. Untrue Unreal', Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (2023)

To Reflect an Intimate Part of the Red

Anish Kapoor
To Reflect an Intimate Part of the Red

1981
Mixed media and pigment
200 x 800 x 800 cm
78 3/4 x 315 x 315 in

Iridescent Pink

Anish Kapoor
Iridescent Pink

2023
Aluminium and paint
215.5 x 215.5 cm
84 7/8 x 84 7/8 in

Sky Mirror, 2018

Anish Kapoor
Sky Mirror, 2018

Stainless Steel
330 x 330 cm
129 7/8 x 129 7/8 in
Installation view at Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2022
Palazzo Manfrin, Venice


Installation view of Vantablack works

Anish Kapoor

Installation view of Vantablack works

2022
Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice

Untitled, 2020

Anish Kapoor
Untitled, 2020

Afghan pink onyx
162 x 132 x 56 cm
63 3/4 x 52 x 22 in

Mount Moriah at the Gate of the Ghetto, 2022

Anish Kapoor
Mount Moriah at the Gate of the Ghetto, 2022

Mixed media
Installation view at Palazzo Manfrin, Venice

Turning Water into Mirror, Blood into Sky
2003

Anish Kapoor
Turning Water into Mirror, Blood into Sky 2003

Steel, water, motor
150 x 300 x 300 cm
Installation view at Palazzo Manfrin, Venice

Sky Below, 2022

Anish Kapoor
Sky Below, 2022

Aluminium and paint
215 x 215 x 34 cm
84 5/8 x 84 5/8 x 13 3/8 in
 

Symphony for a Beloved Sun, 2022

Anish Kapoor
Symphony for a Beloved Sun, 2022

Wax, steel, canvas, paint
1000 x 800 x 800 cm
Installation view at Palazzo Manfrin, Venice

White Sand, Red Millet, Many Flowers, 1982

Anish Kapoor
White Sand, Red Millet, Many Flowers, 1982

Mixed media
101 x 241.5 x 217.4 cm
Installation view at Palazzo Manfrin, Venice

Oriental Blue and Black Mist satin

Anish Kapoor
Oriental Blue and Black Mist satin

2019
Aluminium and paint 220 x 220 x 47 cm

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2020
Houghton Hall, Norfolk, UK

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2020
Houghton Hall, Norfolk, UK

Glisten (Spanish Gold and Pagan Gold mix dark to light)

Anish Kapoor
Glisten (Spanish Gold and Pagan Gold mix dark to light)

2019
Stainless steel and lacquer, 155 x 155 x 30 cm, 61 x 61 x 11 3/4 in

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2019
CAFA Museum, Beijing, China

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2019
Imperial Ancestral Temple, Beijing, China

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2019
Imperial Ancestral Temple, Beijing, China

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2019
Imperial Ancestral Temple, Beijing, China

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2019
Lisson Gallery 24th Street, New York, NY

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2019
Lisson Gallery 24th Street, New York, NY

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2019
Lisson Gallery 10th Avenue, New York, NY

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2019
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, London, UK

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2019
Pitzhanger Manor & Gallery, London, UK

Untitled

Anish Kapoor
Untitled

2016
Silicone, fibreglass and gauze 305 x 215 x 10 cm / 120 x 84 5/8 x 3 7/8 in

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2019
Lisson Gallery, London, UK

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2019
Lisson Gallery, London, UK

Sky Mirror

Anish Kapoor
Sky Mirror

2018
Stainless Steel 320 x 320 cm / 125 7/8 x 125 7/8 in Installation view, Fundação de Serralves, Porto, Portugal

Non-Object (Door)

Anish Kapoor
Non-Object (Door)

2008
Stainless steel 281.3 x 118.1 x 118.1 cm / 110 3/4 x 46 1/2 x 46 1/2 in Installation view, The Hayward Gallery, London, UK

Random Triangle Mirror

Anish Kapoor
Random Triangle Mirror

2016
Stainless steel and resin 190 x 190 x 28 cm / 74 3/4 x 74 3/4 x 11 in

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2018
Punkt Ø, Moss, Norway

Descension

Anish Kapoor
Descension

2014
Steel, concrete, water, and motor 300 x 800 x 800 cm / 118 1/8 x 315 x 315 in Installation view, Brooklyn Bridge Park, New York, NY, USA

Rectangle Twist

Anish Kapoor
Rectangle Twist

2016
Stainless steel 100 x 100 x 100 cm / 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 x 39 3/8 in

Destierro

Anish Kapoor
Destierro

2017
Earth, pigment, mechanical digger Dimensions variable

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2015
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2015
Château de Versailles, Versailles, France

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2015
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Reach

Anish Kapoor
Reach

2014
Stainless steel 391 x 1182 x 400 cm / 153 7/8 x 465 3/8 x 157 1/2 in Installation view, MAST Foundation, Bologna, Italy

Shine

Anish Kapoor
Shine

2012
Fibreglass and paint 126 x 140 x 140 cm / 49 5/8 x 55 1/8 x 55 1/8 in

Untitled

Anish Kapoor
Untitled

2012
Alabaster and gold leaf 122 x 66 x 49.5 cm / 48 x 26 x 19 1/2 in

Leviathan

Anish Kapoor
Leviathan

2011
PVC 33.6 x 99.89 x 72.23 metres Installation view, Grand Palais, Paris, France

Leviathan

Anish Kapoor
Leviathan

2011
PVC 33.6 x 99.89 x 72.23 metres Installation view, Grand Palais, Paris, France

Tall Tree & The Eye

Anish Kapoor
Tall Tree & The Eye

2009
Stainless steel over carbon 14 x 6 meters / 35.6 x 15.2 cm meters Installation view, The Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2009
The Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Installation view

Anish Kapoor
Installation view

2009
The Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Shooting Into the Corner

Anish Kapoor
Shooting Into the Corner

2008-9
Base frame, barrel, air receivers, compressor and air lines, projectiles 210 x 150 x 100 cm / 82 5/8 x 59 x 39 3/8 in Installation view, Château de Versailles, Versailles, France

C-Curve

Anish Kapoor
C-Curve

2007
Stainless steel 220 x 770 x 300 cm / 86 5/8 x 303 1/8 x 118 1/8 in Installation view, Château de Versailles, Versailles, France

Grace

Anish Kapoor
Grace

2004
Vigaria marble 291 x 170 x 150 cm / 114 5/8 x 66 7/8 x 59 in

My Red Homeland

Anish Kapoor
My Red Homeland

2003
Wax and oil-based paint, hydraulic motor, steel block 12m in diameter Installation view, The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow, Russia

My Red Homeland

Anish Kapoor
My Red Homeland

2003
Wax and oil-based paint, hydraulic motor, steel block 12m in diameter Installation view, The Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow, Russia

Marsyas

Anish Kapoor
Marsyas

2003
Steel and vinyl fabric Installation view, Tate Modern, London, UK

Dragon

Anish Kapoor
Dragon

1992
Limestone and pigment Dimensions variable

Void

Anish Kapoor
Void

1989
Fibreglass, sand and pigment 200 x 200 x 152.5 cm / 78 3/4 x 78 3/4 x 60 in Installation view, The National Gallery, Singapore

To Reflect an Intimate Part of the Red

Anish Kapoor
To Reflect an Intimate Part of the Red

1981
Mixed media and pigment 200 x 800 x 800 cm / 78 5/8 x 314 7/8 x 314 7/8 in

Angel

Anish Kapoor
Angel

1990
Slate and pigment
Dimensions variable
Installation view of 'Anish Kapoor. Untrue Unreal', Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence (2023)

Museum Exhibitions

Exhibitions

  1. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    2 November – 22 December 2023

  2. Selected Works in Seoul

    Selected Works in Seoul

    2 September – 10 September 2023

  3. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    20 August – 30 October 2022

  4. Portals

    Portals

    10 February – 9 April 2022

  5. Pavilions

    Pavilions

    14 January – 12 February 2022

  6. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    14 September – 30 October 2021

  7. Selected works in London

    Selected works in London

    8 December 2020 – 12 January 2021

  8. Horizon

    Horizon

    6 October – 31 October 2020

  9. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    13 August – 17 August 2020

  10. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    31 October – 20 December 2019

  11. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    15 May – 22 June 2019

  12. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    31 March – 6 May 2017

  13. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    14 May – 22 July 2016

  14. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    25 March – 9 May 2015

  15. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    10 October – 10 November 2012

  16. Anish Kapoor: New Works

    Anish Kapoor: New Works

    14 October – 14 November 2009

  17. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    13 October – 18 November 2006

  18. Anish Kapoor: Painting

    Anish Kapoor: Painting

    5 May – 28 June 2003

  19. Anish Kapoor: Blood

    Anish Kapoor: Blood

    5 May – 1 July 2000

  20. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    23 January – 28 February 1998

  21. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    8 November 1995 – 6 January 1996

  22. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    16 April – 20 May 1993

  23. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    1 December 1989 – 4 January 1990

  24. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    11 April – 7 May 1988

  25. Anish Kapoor: Recent Sculpture

    Anish Kapoor: Recent Sculpture

    4 September – 23 September 1985

  26. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    22 October – 19 November 1983

  27. Anish Kapoor

    Anish Kapoor

    19 May – 12 June 1982

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