Despite not meaning essentially the same, they complete each other in a wider understanding of what we may want to convey. The word surge is common to English and Spanish. Kapoor works with diverse languages of material and form to investigate these conditions of both our being in the world and in our own bodies. ![]() ![]() He is interested in a change of perception that can trigger reactions towards the known. Kapoor is looking for some sort of evidence, whether in the form of matter or in the form of a phenomenon.Īlthough for many, Kapoor’s art can be seen as formalist, in truth he is genuinely connected to our social, metaphysical, psychological, spiritual and political motivations. His deep interest for ritual materials has extended throughout his career, searching for artifices which strengthen his process on the understanding of what was there before there was anything - sometimes like a scientist, other times like a shaman. Through an excavation of that which is hidden beneath the surface, his work has the power to create an experience that may be uncanny, mysterious or even spiritual. Anish Kapoor is an artist who makes visible what is concealed. Images courtesy of Galleria Continua are moments in life that we need to reconnect with other dimensions of existence to understand the nature of the transformations taking place here and now. Opening times: Monday-Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm and from 2 pm to 7 pm The Descension exhibition is running until 5 September 2015. The vacuum is that moment in time before creation, when anything is possible”. I have always been interested in the creative moment when everything is possible and nothing has occurred yet. And all of this has a lot to do with time. Instead, for Kapoor, the vacuum - in this case put into relation with the solidness of the alabaster sculptures - is the run-up to creation: “I have always thought of the vacuum as a transitory space. A counterpoint to the sculptures using fine material and the formal continuation of “Descent into Limbo”, displayed in 1992 at Documenta IX, where a cube housed a black hole in the floor, described by Kapoor as “a space full of darkness, not a hole in the ground”.Ĭonversely, at Galleria Continua in San Gimignano “ Descension” is vortex, flow and movement that calls into question our perception of the earth as something solid and reliable.Īnish Kapoor gives us a vacuum, a term that references the 'horror vacui', with a destabilising power. The heart of the works exhibited in the spectacular backdrop of the gallery's movie theatre, and which also gives the name to the actual exhibition is an installation where the void becomes the true focus of the artistic representation. ![]() These clearly defined, sculpted artworks give visitors a sense of eternity simply because they invite you to think about the concept of the infinite. A void, a vacuum becomes artistic content.ĭescension, the personal exhibition by artist, Anish Kapoor at Galleria Continua in San Gimignano welcomes visitors with a series of new alabaster sculptures. Galleria Continua in San Gimignano is exhibiting the work “Descension” by Indian artist Anish Kapoor, a 'horror vacui' represented by an installation with a huge visual impact.
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