Media Yarn

Last Sunday I strolled on over to the Royal College of the Arts to check out the Anish Kapoor exhibit. One very British word sums it up: “Brilliant!” I really enjoyed the various mediums he used from wax, to mirrors, to cement, marble, & pigments. I was to see some of his work at this past summer’s Venice Biennale. Many describe him as “Maverick let  loose in Art’s Hall of Fame. One of the more interesting works is called Svayambh (2007), which occupied over 5 galleries and had swarms of people on each side. A giant block of red wax moved very slowly, I mean SUPER slow-takes about 1.2 hrs to get from one side to the other riding along a wax covered track. The title means “self-generated,” and the sculpture uses the building to share its form as it moves sluggishly, leaving wax residue on the classical archways.

My only disappointment was that I was unable to see Shooting into the Corner (2008-09) which is basically a cannon that fires every 20-minute intervals shells of red wax weighing about 20lbs. The line was way too long and once I heard that you can see it live on the website I decided to split and beat the rain. Its in London until December 11th. Come see!