Anish Kapoor exhibition review: a visceral confrontation with mortality and religion
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Jonathan Jones
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A review of Anish Kapoor's exhibition that features visceral, gore-splattered works including PVC-wrapped paintings resembling entrails, alongside his signature black void sculptures. The review argues that in a landscape of safe, dry contemporary art, Kapoor's unflinching confrontation with mortality, religion, and the body is both shocking and spiritually profound.
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· 3 pulledIt's the clinging, transparent PVC that does it, a horribly surgical-looking, synthetic skin covering each of Anish Kapoor's three paintings
They resemble a serial killer's trophy art.
in a world of dry art this stunning exhibition forces us to confront religion and mortality
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