Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor, born 1954 in Mumbai, India, lives and works in London. His work combines the spiritual traditions of his native country and the notion of the sublime from the Western artist tradition. Since his first sculptures – simple forms covered with color pigments, arranged on the floor – Kapoor has developed a multi-faceted body of works using stone, steel or glass. In his objects and forms, the line between painting and sculpture becomes blurred. In the creation of three-dimensional bodies, his way of working is typical of the sculptor, but his themes – emptiness, absence, transformation and immateriality – derive from painting. Kapoor's intention is to create sculptures that not only deal with questions of form but also address the themes of belief, passion or experiences beyond material concerns.
Anish Kapoor Editions
Svayambh
2007
Published for Haus der Kunst, Munich
Display print, in aluminum electrical light frame, 46 x 60 x 3 cm (18 x 23½ x 1 in). Edition of 80, signed and numbered.
This edition depicts a section of Anish Kapoor’s eponymous monumental installation Svayambh and condenses its conceptual and material essence. Svayambh is a powerful reflection on history, ideology, and corporeality. A monumental, blood-red block of wax moves slowly through the space, leaving traces and evoking associations of flesh, violence, and memory. The title, derived from the Sanskrit word for “self-generated,” emphasizes the autonomous formation of the work. The slow, inevitable movement through the architecture of the building intensifies the engagement with its past and structural power – a profound artistic exploration of space and history.
Reverse Perverse
2006
From Door Cycle
Acrylic glass sculpture in painted wooden door panel. Size: door 200 x 90 x 4 cm (78¾ x 35½ x 1½ in). Sculpture 62 x 25 x 11 cm (24½ x 10 x 4¼ in). Edition: 15, signed and numbered on separate label.
Using reduced materials and an intense color palette, Anish Kapoor creates sculptures of striking formal elegance that explore human corporeality and the concept of emptiness. The edition Reverse Perverse references Wyn Evans’ installation Inverse Reverse Perverse (1996) and features a sculptural, red-gloss vulva form made of acrylic glass, mounted on a pink-lacquered wooden door panel.
The work was created as part of the group edition Door Cycle, which draws on Willem de Kooning’s painting series of the same name from the 1960s. By combining an organic form with an architectural support, Kapoor addresses the interplay between body, space, and perception – a central theme in his oeuvre.
Untitled (Ring)
2003
Published for Kunsthaus Bregenz
Sterling silver ring with red lacquer, 4 x 4 x 2.5 cm (1½ x 1½ x 1 in). Edition of 75, with signed certificate.
Anish Kapoor’s sterling silver ring edition combines sculptural precision with conceptual depth. The exterior captivates with its minimalist elegance, while the interior reveals an oval, concavely curved surface coated in an intense red lacquer. The gleaming silver contrasts strikingly with the recessed, almost immaterial-looking field of color, which absorbs and reflects light. Kapoor’s characteristic exploration of emptiness, space, and perception is subtly manifested in this edition: the ring becomes not merely a piece of jewelry, but a miniature sculpture that oscillates between the material and immaterial, presence and absence.
EUR 3,000
