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Anish Kapoor (born 1954 ) is a sculptor . Born in Mumbai to a Punjabi - Hindu father and an Iraqi - Jewish mother, Kapoor attended the prestigeous Doon School , located in Dehra Dun , India . He moved to England in 1972 , where he has lived since.1He studied art , first at the Hornsey College of Art , and later at the Chelsea School of Art Design.2He currently works in London , although he frequently visits India, and has acknowledged that his art is inspired by both Western and Eastern cultures. His art historical influences include: Mantegna , Beuys , Barnett Newman , and Yves Klein . Untitled, 1993 In the early 1980s , Kapoor emerged as one of a number of British sculptors working in a new style and gaining international recognition for their work (the others included Tony Cragg , Richard Deacon , Anthony Gormley , and Bill Woodrow ). Kapoor's pieces are often simple, curved forms, usually monochromatic, and frequently brightly coloured. His early pieces rely on powder pigment to cover the works and the floor around them. This practice was inspired by the mounds of brightly coloured pigment in the markets and temples of India. His later works are made of solid, quarried stone, many of which have carved apertures and cavities, often alluding to, and playing with, dualities (earth-sky, matter-spirit, lightness-darkness, visible-invisible, conscious-unconscious, male-female, body-mind). Since the end of the 1990s , Kapoor has produced a number of large works, including Taratantara (1999), a 35 metre-tall piece installed in the Baltic Flour Mills in Gateshead , England, before renovation began there, and Marsyas (2002), a large work of steel and PVC ( polyvinyl chloride ) installed in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern . In 2000, one of Kapoor's works, Parabolic Waters , consisting of rapidly rotating coloured water, showed outside the Millennium Dome in London. In 2004, Cloud Gate , a 110- ton stainless steel piece, was unveiled at Millennium Park in Chicago . Taratantara , Piazza Plebiscito, Naples, 2000 Kapoor's sculpture, Cloud Gate , is involved in a debate over photography rights in public spaces, with the City of Chicago claiming photographs of the work infringe the artist's copyright. [1] Soon to be completed are a memorial to the British victims of 9/11 in New York , [2] and the design and construction of a subway station in Naples , Italy . [3] Kapoor's recent work increasingly blurs the boundaries between architecture and art. Kapoor represented Britain in the 1990 Venice Biennale , where he was awarded the Premio Duemila , and the following year he won the prestigeous Turner Prize . Solo exhibitions of Kapoor's work have been held in the Tate and Hayward Gallery in London , Kunsthalle Basel in Switzerland , Reina Sofia in Madrid , the National Gallery in Ottawa , and the CAPC Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux .3
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Born in Bombay ( Mumbai ), Kapoor has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s where he moved to study art, first at the Hornsey College of Art and later at the Chelsea School of Art and Design .He gained international acclaim with solo exhibits at venues such as the Tate Gallery and Hayward Gallery in London, Kunsthalle Basel , Haus der Kunst Munich, Deutsche Guggenheim in Berlin, Reina Sofia in Madrid, MAK Vienna, and the ICA Boston.He represented Britain in the XLIV Venice Biennale in 1990, when he was awarded the Premio Duemila Prize.In 1991 he received the Turner Prize .
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Born in Bombay , Kapoor has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s when he moved to study art, first at the Hornsey College of Art and later at the Chelsea School of Art and Design . He represented Britain in the XLIV Venice Biennale in 1990, when he was awarded the Premio Duemila Prize. In 1991 he received the Turner Prize and in 2002 received the Unilever Commission for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern .Notable public sculptures include Cloud Gate in Chicago's Millennium Park ; Sky Mirror , exhibited at the Rockefeller Center in New York City in 2006 and Kensington Gardens in London in 2010; Temenos , at Middlehaven, Middlesbrough ; Leviathan , at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2011; and ArcelorMittal Orbit , commissioned as a permanent artwork for London's Olympic Park and completed in 2012.Kapoor received a Knighthood in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to visual arts.He was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Oxford in 2014.
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British contemporary artist Sir Anish Kapoor CBE , RA (born 12 March 1954) is a British Indian sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai , Kapoor has lived and worked in London since the early 1970s when he moved to study art, first at the Hornsey College of Art and later at the Chelsea School of Art and Design . Kapoor represented Britain at the XLIV Venice Biennale in 1990, when he was awarded the Premio Duemila Prize. In 1991, he received the Turner Prize and in 2002 received the Unilever Commission for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern . His notable public sculptures include Cloud Gate (2006, colloquially known as "the Bean") in Chicago's Millennium Park ; Sky Mirror , exhibited at the Rockefeller Center in New York City in 2006 and Kensington Gardens in London in 2010; Temenos , at Middlehaven, Middlesbrough ; Leviathan , at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2011; and ArcelorMittal Orbit , commissioned as a permanent artwork for London's Olympic Park and completed in 2012. In 2017 Kapoor designed the statuette for the 2018 Brit Awards . Kapoor received a knighthood in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to visual arts. He was awarded an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Oxford in 2014. In 2012, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government which is India's third-highest civilian award.An image of Kapoor features in the British cultural icons section of the newly designed British passport in 2015.In 2016, he was announced as a recipient of the LennonOno Grant for Peace .In February 2017 Kapoor, who is Jewish , was announced as the recipient of the US$1 million Genesis Prize , which "recognises individuals who have attained excellence and international renown in their fields and whose actions and achievements express a commitment to Jewish values, the Jewish community and the State of Israel".The Times of India . 14 December 2014 .The Times of India . 23 March 2012 .News & Star online . 17 August 2016 ."Anish Kapoor receives 'Jewish Nobel' Genesis Prize, and donates $1m to refugees" . 6 February 2017 .The Guardian . 6 February 2017 ."ArtPremium – Anish Kapoor - "It waves you to a more removed ground" " .
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British contemporary artist Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor , CBE , RA (born 12 March 1954) is a British-Indian sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai , Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School , before moving to the UK to begin his art training at Hornsey College of Art and, later, Chelsea School of Art and Design . His notable public sculptures include Cloud Gate (2006, also known as "The Bean") in Chicago's Millennium Park ; Sky Mirror , exhibited at the Rockefeller Center in New York City in 2006 and Kensington Gardens in London in 2010; Temenos , at Middlehaven, Middlesbrough ; Leviathan , at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2011; and ArcelorMittal Orbit , commissioned as a permanent artwork for London's Olympic Park and completed in 2012. In 2017, Kapoor designed the statuette for the 2018 Brit Awards . An image of Kapoor features in the British cultural icons section of the newly designed British passport in 2015. In 2016, he was announced as a recipient of the LennonOno Grant for Peace . Kapoor has received several distinctions and prizes, such as the Premio Duemila Prize at the XLIV Venice Biennale in 1990, the Turner Prize in 1991, the Unilever Commission for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern , the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government in 2012, a knighthood in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to visual arts, an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Oxford in 2014. and the 2017 Genesis Prize for "being one of the most influential and innovative artists of his generation and for his many years of advocacy for refugees and displaced people". The Times of India . 14 December 2014 . News & Star online . 17 August 2016. The Times of India . 23 March 2012 . Kapoor was recognized for being one of the most influential and innovative artists of his generation and for his many years of advocacy for refugees and displaced people. "Anish Kapoor receives 'Jewish Nobel' Genesis Prize, and donates $1m to refugees" . 6 February 2017 . The Guardian . 6 February 2017 . "ArtPremium – Anish Kapoor – "It waves you to a more removed ground" " .
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British-Indian artist (born 1954) For the other artist known as Anish Kapoor, see Stuart Semple . Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor CBE RA (born 12 March 1954) is a British sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art. Born in Mumbai , Kapoor attended the elite all-boys Indian boarding school The Doon School , before moving to the United Kingdom to begin his art training at Hornsey College of Art and, later, Chelsea School of Art and Design . His notable public sculptures include Cloud Gate , also known as "The Bean" (2006) in Chicago's Millennium Park ; Sky Mirror , exhibited at the Rockefeller Center in New York City in 2006 and Kensington Gardens in London in 2010; Temenos , at Middlehaven, Middlesbrough ; Leviathan , at the Grand Palais in Paris in 2011; and ArcelorMittal Orbit , commissioned as a permanent artwork for London's Olympic Park and completed in 2012. In 2017, Kapoor designed the statuette for the 2018 Brit Awards . An image of Kapoor features in the British cultural icons section of the newly designed British passport in 2015. In 2016, he was announced as a recipient of the LennonOno Grant for Peace . Kapoor has received several distinctions and prizes, such as the Premio Duemila Prize at the 44th Venice Biennale in 1990, the Turner Prize in 1991, the Unilever Commission for the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern , the Padma Bhushan by the Indian government in 2012, a knighthood in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to visual arts, an honorary doctorate degree from the University of Oxford in 2014. and the 2017 Genesis Prize for "being one of the most influential and innovative artists of his generation and for his many years of advocacy for refugees and displaced people". The Times of India . 14 December 2014 . News & Star online . 17 August 2016. The Times of India . 23 March 2012 . Kapoor was recognized for being one of the most influential and innovative artists of his generation and for his many years of advocacy for refugees and displaced people. "Anish Kapoor receives 'Jewish Nobel' Genesis Prize, and donates $1m to refugees" . 6 February 2017 . The Guardian . 6 February 2017 . "ArtPremium – Anish Kapoor – "It waves you to a more removed ground" " .
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