This was the opening of the exhibition of Anish Kapoor in the House of Art in Munich. He called it »svayambh«, what means something like »created by itself« in Sanskrit. Anish Kapoor was born in Bombay 1954 and doesn’t make any descriptions of his work. »Everybody has to find an own interpretation of the objects« is his message. Nice!

The big, red chump weighs a 40 tons and moves very slow through the hall. It is a little bit bigger than the passages, so it leaves material (wax, colour and vaseline) on the walls. Weird! In the description about the artist there was an interpretation of it. My question: Who wrote that? Something like: »In this work architecture and sculpture act as link between Geology and Biology. The red chump is body and blood as well as the geological movement through space.« Alright!

Anyway, it was fun. Kapoor created some really great pieces there. I liked the mirror-works most. Some really contortious, deforming distortions, which show you the world not only upside down, but fluently. But that’s only my interpretation.

I turned this photo 180°, look at the weird guy in the middle.

Watch it from the 18th October 07 to the 20th of January 2008, It’s worth it!
More bio of Anish Kapoor in wikipedia
Videos on Anish Kapoor on youtube
Go to Lisson Gallery for a slideshow of Kapoor and other artists