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Anish Kapoor, an artist who loves to go big, like this enormous piece that completely filled the Turbine Hall in the Tate Modern in London.
Kapoor also likes to go shiny, like his Cloud Gate. Chicago locals nicknamed it the ‘bean’.
It’s so shiny you can see where you’ve ‘bean’ and where you’re going!
Kapoor’s art doesn’t just reflect the clouds, it journeys to the centre of the Earth like this vortex of water that looks like it’s about to suck you in.
A real innovator, Kapoor, is also famous for working with a super dark material called… VANTABLACK!
Hey, who’s used that in here?
Kapoor, completed! Can someone turn the lights on, please?
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Anish Kapoor is a British sculptor specializing in installation art and conceptual art who loves to go big. His enormous work Marsyas completely filled the turbine hall in London’s Tate Modern. Kapoor also likes to go shiny, such as his Cloud Gate in Chicago which locals nicknamed ‘the beam’. Kapoor’s art doesn’t just reflect the clouds though, it also journeys to the center of the Earth. His artwork Descension is a vortex of water that looks like it’s about to suck you in!
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