Kapoor’s art entitles and uses Western and Eastern culture as a part of his works. From these cultures and visits to his own culture in India he has decided to use more natural and cultural materials such as sandstone, limestone, marble, slate, granite, pigment and plaster. The pigments and vivid hues that he uses helps the detail of his sculptures and gives a feeling of inner beauty and radiance.
Kapoor as well uses geometric shapes and biomorphic views for his sculptures by using the materials listed above. His forms are also usually monochromatic or very brightly colored. Kapoor also focuses on freestanding sculptures and installations. He would also make apertures that would allude to and play with dualities like light and dark and the body and mind.
One of his works is titled “Cloud Gate” and is placed in Chicago in Millennium Park. Made out of steel plates and is 66ft long, 33ft high, 42 ft wide and weighs 110 tons. These stainless steel plates are used as a frame, which is hollow in this inside. “Cloud Gate” Was built and finished where it is today. The reasons for this are because it is too heavy and dangerous to move in downtown Chicago. People have given other names to this piece such as “the Bean” and the “Chicago Bean”.
"Cloud Gate"
Other Works”
“Sky Mirror” 2006; Placed in the Kensington Gardens during 2010 and 2011 in London.
"Memory" 2008
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