Anish Kapoor at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao on artrepublic.com

Over the past thirty years, Kapoor has gained international acclaim as one of the most influential and significant artists of his generation. His exploration of form and space and his use of colour and material have profoundly influenced the course of contemporary sculpture.

Organized by the Royal Academy of Arts in London and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the exhibition, conceived and installed in close collaboration with the artist, offers insight into Kapoor’s working method and creative process, and includes twenty major works from several series spanning the 1970s to the present.

Installed throughout the Museum’s second floor, the exhibition presents a series of visual and psychological experiences that draw us into the artist’s search for a poetic sculptural language. With his sculptures, which are made of tactile or highly reflective materials—ranging from pure pigment to stainless steel and cement—Kapoor now constructs a world of polarities and contrasts in which emptiness, space, colour, darkness and light turn the route through the exhibition into a unique experience.

Kapoor moved to London in 1973 to study art. He has lived and worked there since then. A graduate of Hornsey College of Art and Chelsea School of Art and Design, Kapoor’s first solo exhibition took place at Patrice Alexandra, Paris, in 1980. Kapoor’s international reputation was quickly established. He represented Great Britain at the 44th Venice Biennale in 1990 and won the Premio Duemila for the Best Young Artist. The following year, he won the prestigious Turner Prize. He has exhibited extensively worldwide, most recently at the Royal Academy of Arts in London, 2009, the Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, MAK in Vienna and the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston. This touring exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is his first large-scale solo exhibition in Spain.

OPENING HOURS: Tue - Sun: 10.00 - 20.00

Image Credits:

Anish Kapoor, My Red Homeland, 2003, Oil-based paint and wax, steel arm and motor12 m (diameter), Courtesy the artist and Lisson Gallery, London Installation: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2010, Photo: Erika Ede © FMGB Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa, 2010

Anish Kapoor, Greyman Cries, Shaman Dies, Billowing Smoke, Beauty Evoked,2008–09Cement, 48 partsOverall dimensions variable, Courtesy the artist Installation: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2010 Photo: Erika Ede © FMGB Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa, 2010,

Anish Kapoor, Tall Tree & the Eye, 2009, Stainless steel and carbon steel13 x 5 m, Courtesy the artistInstallation: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2010, Photo: Erika Ede © FMGB Guggenheim Bilbao Museoa, 2010