Anish Kapoor Dirty Corner


Anish Kapoor Dirty Corner

Dirty Corner, exhibited at the Palace of Versailles in 2015, was a topic of controversy due to its "blatantly sexual" nature. Kapoor himself reportedly described the work as "the vagina of a queen who is taking power". In 2020 Kapoor unveiled a new exhibition at the grounds of Houghton Hall in Norfolk. It was the largest ever outdoor exhibition.


Anish Kapoor's 'Dirty Corner' to be covered in gold leaf after artist

Anish Kaapor's now infamous "Dirty Corner" sculpture has been vandalized for a third time in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.


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Covering anti-Semitic vandalism on Anish Kapoor's Dirty Corner with gold leaf By: Tori Campbell Controversial Public Art When controversial art stands behind the closed doors of museums and galleries, it gains the attention of only its most outspoken critics.


Anish Kapoor's 'Dirty Corner' Can vandalism ever add to an artwork

Who is behind the graffiti of Kapoor's 'Dirty Corner' installation? Sarah Cascone, September 28, 2016 British sculptor Anish Kapoor poses in front of his work prior to the opening of the "Kapoor in Berlin" exhibition on May 17, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. Photo by Adam Berry/Getty Images. Article topics Art Crime Contemporary Sarah Cascone


Dirty Corner, 2015, Versailles. Image © Anish Kapoor. Download

Artist behind Paris's biggest cultural event of the year has described Dirty Corner as 'the vagina of the queen' taking power Angelique Chrisafis in Paris @achrisafis Thu 4 Jun 2015 11.32 EDT.


Anish Kapoor Calls Vandalism at Palace of Versailles an ‘Inside Job’

The Dirty Corner, a 60 meter long rusted steel tunnel opened towards the castle through a makeshift horn of sorts, is described by Kapoor as being "very sexual". It's surrounded by excavations and enormous blocks of stone (up to 25 tons), certain of which are painted in blood red…


Anish Kapoor attack on Dirty Corner ‘a tragedy’ art Agenda Phaidon

anish kapoor: dirty corner art 0 connections: 31 the sculptural work consists of a huge steel volume that measures 60 metres long and 8 metres high forming a long tunnel that has a goblet shaped.


Dirty Corner, 2015, Versailles. Image © Anish Kapoor. Download

Hili Perlson, September 21, 2015 Anish Kapoor's Dirty Corner after it was vandalized. Courtesy of Anish Kapoor. Article topics Art Crime Contemporary Hili Perlson Contributor A Versailles court ruled on September 19 that the anti-semitic graffiti defacing Anish Kapoor's garden sculpture must be wiped off "without delay."


Anish Kapoor Dirty Corner

Culture Art News 'Dirty Corner': Anish Kapoor's Versailles sculpture dubbed 'The Queen's Vagina' starts a cultural war after artist refuses to remove graffiti Local councillor so offended by.


Anish Kapoor Dirty Corner

Anish Kapoor's sculpture 'Dirty Corner' on display at the Versailles was vandalized. Here is the artist's statement about the incident and the work. Works of art are sometimes a focus for the larger discomforts in society. My 'Dirty Corner' at Versailles has such a fate. It has been reviled in the press as the "Queen's vagina" or the "vagina on.


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Dirty Corner - the sculpture in Versailles that has attracted some disapproval. Photograph: Charles Platiau/Reuters Kapoor entered psychoanalysis in his 20s during a period in which his sense of.


Dirty Corner l'oeuvre d'Anish Kapoor ne sera pas nettoyée

Anish Kapoor's Dirty Corner is a modern art installation that used to be housed in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles until these incidents. This sculpture was vandalized thrice. For what reason? Why did this spur such a heated debate about what is able to be displayed as public art and who gets to decide? Dirty Corner


anish kapoor dirty corner

Dirty Corner, a controversial sculpture by British-Indian artist Anish Kapoor on display in the gardens of France's Palace of Versailles was vandalised for the second time. hidden September 07, 2015 12:54:58 IST


Anish Kapoor attack on Dirty Corner ‘a tragedy’ art Agenda Phaidon

Funnel-like structure 'Dirty Corner' can be interpreted in a number of ways, says Anish Kapoor (AFP) The artist condemned the ruling, saying: "The racists in France have won a court judgement.


Auftragskunst Danh Vo, Ibrahim Mahama, Anish Kapoor Sabine B. Vogel

A controversial sculpture by Sir Anish Kapoor in the Versailles Palace gardens has been covered in gold leaf to mask anti-Semitic graffiti. The trumpet-shaped work, called Dirty Corner, has been.


Anish Kapoor Dirty Corner

Faced with an antisemitic attack on his open-air sculpture Dirty Corner, he has chosen to defiantly leave the ugly, vicious daubings as they are, to let his art bear the scars of contemporary.

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