The Peggy Guggenheim Collection is enriched by a sculpture in black granite by Anish Kapoor displayed in the sculpture garden from June 4, 2007
Thanks to the generosity of Galleria Massimo Minini di Brescia, The Peggy Guggenheim Collection has been enriched by a work of Anish Kapoor, Untitled, 2007. The work was madem especially for the Peggy Guggenheim Collection’s new sculpture garden, where it will be shown for about a year from June 4th as a long-term loan. The arrival of Kapoor’s work alongside sculptures by Dan Graham, Herbert Hamak, Jenny Holzer, Maurizio Nannucci and Fabrizio Plessi strengthens the presence of contemporary sculptures in the collection. It is yet another milestone in the Venetian museum’s historic engagement with contemporary art, thanks to the vision and selections of Peggy Guggenheim.
Anish Kapoor states that: “I don’t want to make sculpture about form…I wish to make sculpture about belief, or about passion, about experience that is outside of material concern”. Typically Kapoor’s sculptures are simple in form, and uniform in their use of materials, such as stone or metal. Untitled, 2007 created from black granite develops upon his intention to engage the viewer, evoking mystery and fascination through the work’s reflective façade. This work alludes to and plays with the idea of dualities (earth/sky, matter/spirit, light/dark, visible/invisible, male/female, and conscious/unconscious); with its mirror-like surface it reflects and distorts the viewer and surroundings.