Anish Kapoor's first London installation came after he spent a long time contemplating where to put his work. The giant curved mirror structures have a found a new home in Kensington Gardens, until march 2011. An innovative idea, attracting many people to the park.
Anish Kapoor's reflects on the geometries of the Kensington Gardens, and explains why he decided to incorporate his sculptures here. See Video
This installation is a perfect example of how simple a design can be. However if it has a meaningful function/purpose and if set in the right place it could be a very good piece of work!
The Serpentine Gallery is currently presenting large scale major exhibitions. The exhibition is running from 28th September 2010 - 13th March 2011.
The placing of the sculpture was thought of to contrast and reflect changing colours, greenery and the British weather in Kensington gardens.
This diagram shows the placement of the objects of the park. It is obvious that Anish Kapoor chose different conditions across the park for his installations to encapsulate the factors such as greenery and changing colours from summer - autumn - winter - spring (a great idea to have the exhibition running across this time span)
In my opinion the beauty of these sculptures is that it can be dismantled and brought elsewhere across the world to portray changing weather across changing seasons.
In my opinion the beauty of these sculptures is that it can be dismantled and brought elsewhere across the world to portray changing weather across changing seasons.
To be honest I didn't appreciate this exhibition on my first visit, however after researching the reasoning and ideology behind it, I appreciated it much more when I visited it again 2 days later.
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