Contemporary & Global Art

Introduction- summary of what is significant about your artist’s work, style, their influences

1. What style is this artists work? i.e., Site-specific, Conceptual, Installation

Anish Kapoor, Indian-British sculptor, one of the most influential contemporary artist.  

Most known works are large scale installations and site-specific works

Common materials used: Steels, mirrors, stone, wax

2. Who are their influences?

Conceptual:  Philosophy, engineering

Cultural: Indian and Western culture

Artists: Mantegna, Beuys, Barnett Newman and Yves Klein

Main body- Show a minimum of 5 slides that are good examples of your artis’t  most important work and be familiar and knowledgeable about these artworks

3. What is innovative about their particular work in terms of process or use of materials?

Sample slides

Slide 1: Cloud Gate

Slide 2: Sky Mirror

Slide 3: Temenos

Slide 4: Dirty Corner

Slide 5: ArcelorMittal Orbit

Slide 6: ArcelorMittal Orbit (After modification)

Conclusion- Brief statement that summarizes this artist’s style,  What common themes or concepts do they work with?   

4. What common themes or concepts do they work with?

Concepts:

1.      Existence of physical object proofs the Existence of void spaces / nonphysical objects.

2.      Infinity possibility of a physical object shows or evokes proofs that of the nonphysical objects.

3.      These infinity possibilities are discovered through the interaction between viewers and works.

How to achieve:

1.       Manipulation of scales, colors, spaces and  perspectives

Use of colors and scales : imply spacial and psychological perspectives result from the interaction between viewers and works.