It is surprising, shocking and even a little bit disturbing. Exhibition review: The Red Power by Anish Kapoor

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Published: 12.01.2020

Felicia Li

Author:: Felicia Li

Edited by:: Klimt02

Edited at:: Barcelona

Edited on:: 2020

Exhibition venue, photo by Felicia Li.

In the cold winter of Beijing, the most exciting thing must be the exhibition of Anish Kapoor, which is full of artistic emotion and red charm. The artist came to China for the first time with his colors, presenting four large-scale installations and 56 public project models of his major artistic creations spanning 35 years.

中文版 - Chinese version

安尼施·卡普尔的红色力量

在北京的冬天，最盼望的莫过于情绪饱满、充满红色魅力安尼施·卡普尔的展览。这位艺术家带着自己的色彩首次来到了中国，呈现他横跨35年的重要艺术创作4件大型装置、56件公共项目模型。
个展分布在北京两处美术馆：中央美术学院美术馆（2019年10月25日-2020年1月1日）和太庙艺术馆（2019年11月11日-2019年12月28日）。

安尼施·卡普尔，作为当代艺术最伟大的艺术家之一。大型装置场景无疑观感是震撼的，现场成为网红必打卡之地。（关于艺术家及其作品已有很多平台进行很深刻的解读，我们在这里只谈些这次展览的感受）抛开几件儿特别有名的大型装置展览之外，我觉得那些空运来的模型才是这个展览里面最有价值的所在。这些模型中，有已经被施工做出来的方案，也有是被pass的方案，参观者能通过这些材料实验和模型了解一件伟大的设计作品并不是空穴来风，而对于我们独立艺术首饰设计师来说，能看到过程会比你直接看到一个成果作品要有价值和有意义的多。

在现场，白色桌子上放了一个很小的模型，远处便是最终完成的艺术装置《准备成为奇特细胞个体的截面体》。很多设计师或者艺术家都是通过这样的手段，把自己脑海里面那些东西和概念先用一个模型呈现出来。我在展览中看到他整个的思考过程，不知别人是否这种感觉，我看到这些材料实验过程会比最后只看到大型装置要感动的多。

十几米高的“太阳”，几十吨蜡块，几百吨红土……让人感到惊奇、震动甚至有一点忐忑，红色让所有情绪弥漫开来，激发出前所未有的关注与思考，要理解卡普尔的作品，只有置身于作品的时间与空间之中，才算是与之完成了一次完整的对话。

欲浏览更多安尼施·卡普尔的作品和展览内容请戳链接：
https://anishkapoorbeijing.com/en.html

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中文版 - Chinese version: Felicia Li.
Contact: FeliciaVonmo@gmail.com.

The first solo museum show of Anish Kapoor in China was shown at CAFA Art Museum, Central Academy of Fine Arts from 25.10.2019 to 01.01.2020 and Taimiao Art Museum, Imperial Ancestral Temple.from 11.11.2019 to 28.12.2019. Both venues are located in Beijing.

Anish Kapoor is one of the greatest artists of contemporary art. The scene of large-scale installation is undoubtedly amazing, and this scene has become a famous spot where web celebrities will visit and take pictures. (Lots of in-depth interpretations of this artist and his works can be found in many platforms, so we'll just talk about the feelings of this exhibition here.) Apart from a few very famous large-scale installation exhibitions, I think those airlifted models are the most valuable part of this exhibition. In these models, some of them have been constructed into the installation exhibition, but others not. However, it’s sure that visitors can closely observe and comprehend a great design work through these material experiments and model. As for independent art jewelry designers, it will be more valuable and meaningful to see the process rather than observe the final work.

Exhibition venue, photo by Felicia Li.

On the spot, a small model is placed on a white table, and the finished art installation a cross-section ready to become a strange cell individual can be seen in the distance. Many designers or artists will firstly present the objects and concepts in their minds with a model in this way. I believe that I have seen his whole thinking process in the exhibition, yet I don't know others’ feelings about it. Compared with seeing the large installation exhibition directly, I feel much more touched to see the experimental process of these materials.

Exhibition venue, photo by Felicia Li.

More than ten meters high sun, dozens of tons of wax blocks, hundreds of tons of red earth...... It is surprising, shocking and even a little bit disturbing. Red can stimulate all your emotions and inspire unprecedented attention and thinking. To understand Kapoor's works, you should throw yourself into the time and space of his work. Only in this way, can you have a full dialogue with him.

Exhibition venue, photo by Felicia Li.

Check the link below to view more details about the exhibition and info about Anish Kapoor.
https://anishkapoorbeijing.com/en.html

About the author

Felicia Li is a contemporary art jewelry designer, She has been exploring the innovation direction in which contemporary art jewelry design and the traditional Chinese crafts are integrated. She formally established the Vonmo personal studio in 2016.