On the Levithian which Anish dedicated in Ai Weiwe
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This is a terror of a space, probably much more difficult than the Turbine Hall. It's three times the size, huge horizontally and vertically and above all the light is a killer. It's almost brighter than it is outside.
— Anish Kapoor
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About Anish Kapoor
Sir Anish Kapoor (born March 12, 1954) is an Indian-born sculptor who is based in London. He settled in London during the early 1970s as a student, initially at the Hornsey College of Art and later at the Chelsea School of Art and Design. Kapoor has received many awards for his sculptures including the: Premio Duemila Prize, Turner Prize, his Knighthood in 2013 and Indian civilian award of Padma Bhushan. Some of his public sculptures are "Cloud Gate" in Chicago's Millennium Park; "Sky Mirror" exhibited at the Rockefeller Center in New York in 2006 and Kensington Gardens in London in 2010; "Temenos", at Middlehaven, Middlesbrough; "Leviathanat" the Grand Palais in Paris in 2011.
About Anish Kapoor
Sir Anish Kapoor (born March 12, 1954) is an Indian-born sculptor who is based in London. He settled in London during the early 1970s as a student, initially at the Hornsey College of Art and later at the Chelsea School of Art and Design. Kapoor has received many awards for his sculptures including the: Premio Duemila Prize, Turner Prize, his Knighthood in 2013 and Indian civilian award of Padma Bhushan. Some of his public sculptures are "Cloud Gate" in Chicago's Millennium Park; "Sky Mirror" exhibited at the Rockefeller Center in New York in 2006 and Kensington Gardens in London in 2010; "Temenos", at Middlehaven, Middlesbrough; "Leviathanat" the Grand Palais in Paris in 2011.
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