Shooting into the Corner
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Shooting into the Corner is a large-scale installation by artist Anish Kapoor that dramatically fires red wax into a gallery corner, exploring themes of violence, materiality, and spectacle.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
art installation
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contemporary artwork → |
| artist |
Anish Kapoor
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| color |
red
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| countryOfOrigin |
United Kingdom
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| creator |
Anish Kapoor
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| creatorNationality |
British
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Indian-born → |
| depicts |
projected red wax impacting a gallery corner
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| evokes |
battlefield or execution imagery
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blood and bodily impact → gunfire → |
| exhibitedAt |
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao
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Royal Academy of Arts, London → various international museums and galleries → |
| genre |
installation art
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| hasPart |
accumulated wax mass in the corner
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cannon-like firing device → mechanical loading system for wax → |
| inception |
early 2000s
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| intendedAudience |
museum visitors
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| languageOfWork |
nonverbal
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| materialUsed |
mechanical firing apparatus
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red wax → steel → |
| medium |
mixed media installation
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| movement |
contemporary art
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| notableFor |
dramatic firing of red wax into a gallery corner
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spectacular performative aspect → visceral evocation of violence and bodily matter → |
| performative |
true
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| presentedAs |
time-based installation
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| relatedTo |
Anish Kapoor’s exploration of voids and matter
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Kapoor’s interest in color as substance → |
| requires |
large gallery space
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reinforced corner or wall → |
| safetyConsideration |
requires audience distance from firing device
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requires controlled firing schedule → |
| theme |
abjection
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destruction → materiality → repetition → spectacle → the body → violence → |
| usesTechnique |
periodic firing of wax projectiles
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site-specific installation → |
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Anish Kapoor
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Anish Kapoor
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