Fifi LaStupenda
Anish Kapoor, Ascension, Venice 2011
'ascension' is a site-specific installation by anish kapoor, presented as a collateral event of the venice art bienniale 2011.
exploring the transience of smoke, the work creates a tangible, rising column of the traditionally immaterial substance.
previously exhibited in gallery spaces in san giminiano (italy), in sao paolo and rio de janiero (brazil), and in beijing (china),
the work takes on new meaning in the spiritual context of venice's basilica di san giorgio.
'in my work, what is and what seems to be often become blurred. in ascension, for example, what interests me is the idea of immateriality
becoming an object, which is exactly what happens in ascension: the smoke becomes a column. also present in this work is the idea
of moses following a column of smoke, a column of light, in the desert...'
anish kapoor"
Designboom
'ascension' is a site-specific installation by anish kapoor, presented as a collateral event of the venice art bienniale 2011.
exploring the transience of smoke, the work creates a tangible, rising column of the traditionally immaterial substance.
previously exhibited in gallery spaces in san giminiano (italy), in sao paolo and rio de janiero (brazil), and in beijing (china),
the work takes on new meaning in the spiritual context of venice's basilica di san giorgio.
'in my work, what is and what seems to be often become blurred. in ascension, for example, what interests me is the idea of immateriality
becoming an object, which is exactly what happens in ascension: the smoke becomes a column. also present in this work is the idea
of moses following a column of smoke, a column of light, in the desert...'
anish kapoor
Anish Kapoor, Ascension, Venice 2011
'ascension' is a site-specific installation by anish kapoor, presented as a collateral event of the venice art bienniale 2011.
exploring the transience of smoke, the work creates a tangible, rising column of the traditionally immaterial substance.
previously exhibited in gallery spaces in san giminiano (italy), in sao paolo and rio de janiero (brazil), and in beijing (china),
the work takes on new meaning in the spiritual context of venice's basilica di san giorgio.
'in my work, what is and what seems to be often become blurred. in ascension, for example, what interests me is the idea of immateriality
becoming an object, which is exactly what happens in ascension: the smoke becomes a column. also present in this work is the idea
of moses following a column of smoke, a column of light, in the desert...'
anish kapoor"
Designboom
'ascension' is a site-specific installation by anish kapoor, presented as a collateral event of the venice art bienniale 2011.
exploring the transience of smoke, the work creates a tangible, rising column of the traditionally immaterial substance.
previously exhibited in gallery spaces in san giminiano (italy), in sao paolo and rio de janiero (brazil), and in beijing (china),
the work takes on new meaning in the spiritual context of venice's basilica di san giorgio.
'in my work, what is and what seems to be often become blurred. in ascension, for example, what interests me is the idea of immateriality
becoming an object, which is exactly what happens in ascension: the smoke becomes a column. also present in this work is the idea
of moses following a column of smoke, a column of light, in the desert...'
anish kapoor