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Anish Kapoor. BostonReview by: James LawrenceThe Burlington Magazine, Vol. 150, No. 1266 (Sep., 2008), pp. 641-642Published by: The Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd.Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/40479891 .

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EXHIBITION REVIEWS

84. nstallationiewoîAnishKapoor:ast, resent,uture ith,n the oreground,000 ames,yAnish apoor.1979-80.Mixedmedia ndpigment,imensionsariable.TheartistndLissonGallery,ondon; xh. nstituteofContemporaryrt, oston).

The intriguingurfacesf thesculpturesare nvitinglyactile,nd toomany isitorssuccumb o temptationespitenumerouswarningignsndvigilantuards.heprob-lem s not implyne ofdisrespect.irroredsurfacesnimate eflectedmagesnd erodethedistinctionetweenpticalndphysicalengagement;romhere,t s a shorttep otouchinghe urfacetself. ybody our odyprovokesmore orgivableransgression,sviewerseanperilouslylose norder opeerinto and hus omprehendthedepthnd

contoursf hework, hich xtendsive eetbehind hewall ntowhich t s et.Mysteries

invitecomprehension,hich implies nelement fhandling;e seek ograsp hingsonewayor another. he fine inebetweenengagementnd interferenceraditionallyinvolvesrames,linthsnd other ndicatorsofseparation.n his search or thereality,and for a dematerialisedthosthatmightwhet the contemplativeppetite, apoorerodes he conventionsfphysicalelationsamongviewers,bjects nd setting.omeviewers,aptivatedywhat heyee,forgetwhat hey ave een old.

Kapoor's approach o design nd fabri-cation ends o denythe artist's and, n

approachhat e has related o theconceitof the elf-creatingbject.That notionhasimpeccablencestrynthe ecent nddistantpast, in the aspirationsf mid-centuryAmericanrtistsnd n theHinduprincipleof self-manifestation.ifferentpproachesoanonymitynd self-effacementork with

varyinguccess. woreflective,oncave iscs(Brandywine ndHexagonmirror,oth2007)conveyn mpressionf leek ngineering,and o theirmmaculateualitiesuggestkil-fulmanufactureatherhan rigins eyondthe cope f onception.ere nd lsewhere,an art-historicalind sapparentven f heartistic and s concealed.Untitled2007),an acrylic uboidwith irtrapped ithin,has obviousroots n the recent culpturaltraditiont subtly ndermines. he moreunsettlinglyrganic culptures,uch as anuntitledibreglasshell1998) hat esemblesCloud ate, rMarsupial2006), resin latewith n orificen one side that eads to abulgeon theother,morereadilymplyui

generisrigins.

apoor'sbjectsreparticu-

larlyuccessful henthey ollow kind fmythologicalogic n which given peci-menmakes ense because t is fantasticalwithouteingwholly nfamiliar.

Inrecentears, apoor asmade numberof mechanicalculptureshat xploitwhathe describesn thecatalogues the usefulfiction'of autogenerativebjects.1Past,present,utureFig. 5), whichprovideshetitle f this xhibition,icely emonstratesthegeneralrinciplef theseworks. steelplane escribesnarc, ery lowlyutunrel-entingly,ackandforthcross sphericalsection onsistingf wax and paint.Thecurveddge f he lane hapesnd moothesthiswaxblock, epositinghe xcess n the

gallery all s t reversesirection. similarwork, vayambh2007), rove block fwaxback ndforthhroughdoorway uringherecentKapoorexhibitiont the Haus derKunst,Munich.2ast, resent,utureisplacesand refines aterialccordingo forces hathave een etnmotion nd hen eft ogrindslowlyut urely.nthis egard,hey ortraythe creativemoment s an ever-presentprocessnwhich ime ndchange ecomealmostgeologicallyncremental. s withtheotherculpturesn this xhibition,ast,present,uturenstils sense hat ngagementwith he bject eadilyecomesnoccasionfor speculation eyond the comfortableconfinesf hehere ndnow.

1Catalogue:AnishKapoor:Past, Present,uture. dited

byNicholasBaume,with ontributionsyNicholasBaume,Mary ane acob, nish apoor, arthaMitterand selectedfacsimile ages fromAnishKapoor'snotebooks.44pp. nch 9col.+ 1b. & w. ills. MITPress, ambridge A/InstitutefContemporaryrt,Boston,2008), 29.95/^15.95 (HB). ISBN 978-0-262-02659-8. he comment ited s onp.36.2 Several f theworks n theexhibitionvayambhtthe Haus derKunst,Munich i8thOctober2007 to2 stJanuary008), re n the Boston xhibition,he

catalogue fwhich ncludes eproductionsf otherworkshatwere n view nMunich.

85. Past, resent,uture,yAnish apoor. 006.Wax andoil-based aint, 45by890by445cm. TheartistndLissonGallery,ondon; xh. nstitutefContemporaryrt, oston).

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