Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 22:18:46 +0200
From: ayelet zohar <ayelet.zohar-AT-ipc.co.il>
Subject: Re: Anish Kapoor


At 10:22 18/05/98 -0400, you wrote:
>
>I've not seen Colours of Britain, but I'll be sure to now. 
>Interesting that Kapoor would seek to distance himself from the
>nationalist/political (and i use those terms very loosely)dimension of
>art. I suppose in some ways this seems somewhat unsurprising,in that his
>works seems to lend themselves (again, in the loosest sense) to the type
>of form(less)alism on display in the recent work of Rosalind Krauss and
>company. Of course, such a position is frought with the sort of
> problems that drive postcolonial theorizing, and Kapoor's work
>seems in this sense a rich matrix for "reading .."
>
>best,
>tim. 

Dear Tim,

The Tel Aviv Museum have published a catalogue of Anish Kapoor work on the
occasion of his show there. There is also a picture and plan of his work on
Documenta 1992 on the catalogue. 
I have also seen _Colours of Britain_  and thought there was a point in
Kapoor's opinion - being categorized as Indian/Asian/Third World - because
that kind of opinion will close his way, and put him on an "ethnic" list -
while when he was avoiding this kind of titlinghe made his way to the very
center of the main stream where he can raise questions/relations and relate
to differant matters. When ever I show Kapoor's statues in comparison to
traditional/religious abstract sculptures from India, my students are
astonished to realize his incredible deep interpretations of traditional
subject-matter - and of course, that is already apolitical point that is
not needed to be "called" or "titled" but have already articulated the
theme. By the way, Homi Bhabha had used one of Kapoor's deep blue works as
the cover for "The Location of Culture", did you notice that?

Best wishes

ai


ayelet zohar
graduate student
porter institute of semiotics and poetics
tel aviv university

e-mail:ayelet.zohar-AT-ipc.co.il




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