A Sculpture Says a Thousand Words

"I have often said that I have nothing to say as an artist. Having something to say implies that one is struggling with meaning. The role of the artist is in fact that we don't know what to say, and it is that not knowing that leads to the work." -Anish Kapoor

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Svayambh

Tall Tree and the Eye

Ever since I saw Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate reflecting all of down town Chicago, I have wanted to see an exhibition of his work and the Royal Academy of Arts finally provided me with the opportunity. Kapoor's sculptures play on instillation and are like magnets interacting with their viewers; from small children to my date, it was easy to find visitors to the gallery guiltily looking around before quickly reaching out to touch the art. His pieces are a wonderful balance of organic forms and synthetic materials, which like a new species of plant feel oddly natural and totally foreign. Kapoor is one conemporaty artist whose work I will believe will be survive into future generations.

Shooting into the Corner

Every 20 minutes a canon would be loaded with red wax and shot into another room of the gallery. I pity the intern who has to clean the thirty tons of wax, which will be splattered all over the walls of the Royal Academy for the duration of the exhibition.