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Engineering Art and Telling Tales: Anish Kapoor at the Royal Academy

2016; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 41; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/03080188.2016.1248672

1743-2790

Neil A. Dodgson,

3D Surveying and Cultural Heritage

Anish Kapoor has become well known for his enormous architectural installations and for his use of vibrant colour. Much of his work depends critically on good engineering and he has collaborated closely with engineers for many years. I discuss several of Kapoor's large works, approaching them from an engineer's perspective. I also show how Kapoor weaves layers of narrative in some of his work: so that a naïve understanding of a piece's construction is a falsehood layered over the true engineering solution. The story seems initially obvious to the audience but a little digging, a little thought, reveals that it is a fiction and that reality is something other.