CONCEPTUAL ART

"Conceptual art is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns"
- Wikipedia.Com. (n.d). Retrieved August 230, 2011 from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conceptual_art

Anish Kapoor is a very famous and well-known conceptual artist and his reputation is quite big in Britain especially. Anish Kapoor is very much conceptual artist as his art is very different to traditional aesthetics, materials he uses is very innovative and different from play dough to metal and concrete. He makes sculptures and installations from the most out of it objects and creating something beautiful but abstract at the same time

1.     Tall Tree and eye this sculpture was displayed outside “ the courtyard of the royal academy of the arts” this work consists a number of shiny metallic spheres and round balls which reflect on the surrounding area. A German poet inspired the artwork. The sculpture stands 45 metres high and looks very impressive. link to photograph (unable to post photos) 

http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/pix/galleries/art/kapoor/talltreeG.jpg 

2.     Shooting into the corner (2008-09) this installation is a canon firing wax bullets at a 20min interval directing it into a corner creating a mess of red wax this is a very messy work the inspiration for this work is overlayed by sexual overtones also violence and performance. Also not only appreciating the performance but also the mark making on the wall. In a way it’s like a controlled mess. link to photograph

http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?q=shooting+in+the+corner+Anish+Kapoor&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1118&bih=847&tbm=isch&tbnid=7VRQsWaOLmH0CM:&imgrefurl=http://www.e-flux.com/shows/view/6532&docid=BrWxlSriBhSa1M&w=350&h=233&ei=lgtgToPDJ6L8mAWB9pn0DQ&zoom=1&iact=rc&dur=337&page=1&tbnh=160&tbnw=210&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&tx=91&ty=136

3.     Red homeland (2003)n This is a very interesting and large work by kapoor this piece is part of a collection which the work “shooting in the corner” is apart of as well. This work creates an illusion or makes the viewer think about how it is being done or shown. In the work there is a container with red Vaseline in it and a blade slowly going around the container.link to photograph

http://www.google.co.nz/imgres?q=red+homeland+Anish+Kapoor&um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&sa=N&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&biw=1118&bih=847&tbm=isch&tbnid=SSWhDtVd4HncDM:&imgrefurl=http://db-artmag.com/en/52/on-view/memory---anish-kapoor-at-the-deutsche-guggenheim/&docid=RpPSYVz4ehOzGM&w=530&h=397&ei=xAtgTpXEHYSdmQWc99TZDQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=175&vpy=105&dur=418&hovh=152&hovw=230&tx=145&ty=111&page=1&tbnh=146&tbnw=225&start=0&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0

The farm, this is a sculpture made and placed in New Zealand cutting through a hillside in the farm area. The materials he uses is made of PVC coated polyester and steel, which was part of the framing of the work. This work makes a statement using scenery as a big part of the work in relationship to the installation cutting through the hillside and the farmlands it depicts space.

My favourite work is “thee tall tree” I like this work because I think that it looks cool in its space aesthetic wise by having something that looks so modern and conceptual in contrast to the old buildings that where surrounding it its like a spaceship that’s just landed on earth. Personally I am attracted to the aesthetics of the installations because I like the contrasts between the old and the new.