Arya by Beatrice Brandini
Anish Kapoor To Reflect an intimate Part of the Red, 1981
From 7 October 2023 to 4 February 2024, Anish Kapoor dialogues with the spaces of Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, through the large exhibition Anish Kapoor.Untrue Unreal.
Anish Kapoor Endless Column, 1992
Anish Kapoor Svayambhu, 2007
Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi presents Anish Kapoor. Untrue Unreal, the exhibition of the famous master who revolutionized sculpture in contemporary art. Curated by Arturo Galansino, General Director of the Palazzo Strozzi Foundation, the exhibition offers monumental installations, intimate environments and forms, determining an interesting tale between ancient and modern art, between the art of Kapoor and Palazzo Strozzi with its imposing and essential architecture.
Anish Kapoor Void Pavillion VII, 2023 Courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi
Anish Kapoor Non-Object Black, 2015
The works on display are historical and recent works, among these Void Pavillion VII (2023), specifically designed for the Renaissance courtyard of the Palace, in which the space itself becomes a concave and convex place, in which the visitor will be pervaded by restlessness, inviting us to seek the truth beyond appearances.
Anish Kapoor Newborn, 2019
Anish Kapoor, Three days of Mourning, 2016
In Kapoor’s art the unreal mixes with the untrue, the artist takes us by the hand and wants to tell us, not too delicately, that the boundaries between the true and the false are not distant, and the means he uses to tell us his poetics and his message are of strong impact. Pigment, stone, steel, wax and silicone, to name just some of the materials with which he works, which he manipulates, hits, smoothes, treats, become fluid, visceral, expanded, or illusory like the series of mirror works.
Anish Kapoor Angel, 1990
Arturo Galansino in the press conference
Anish Kapoor’s works have entered the permanent collections of the most important museums in the world, such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Tate in London, the Prada Foundation in Milan, the Guggenheim in Venice, Bilbao and Abu Dhabi. He has also received numerous awards, such as the Premio Duemila at the 1990 Venice Biennale and the Turner Prize in 1991.
His architectural works are also very well known, among his public projects we remember the Cloud Gate Millennium Park in Chicago, Orbit Queen Elisabeth Olympic Park in London, Ark Nova in Japan, just to name a few. Without forgetting the relationship with Italy, characterized by important creations in various cities such as Naples, Rome, Milan and Venice.
“My truth is to trust in what I don’t know or only partially know. In this, the untrue/not real is a guide.” Anish Kapoor
Good life everyone!
Beatrice