SCULPTOR. BORN IN BOMBAY (MUMBAI, INDIA, KAPOOR HAS LIVED AND WORKED IN LONDON SINCE THE EARLY 1970S WHERE HE MOVED TO STUDY ART. HE REPRESENTED BRITAIN IN THE XLIV VENICE BIENNALE IN 1990. IN 1991 HE RECEIVED THE TURNER PRIZE. NOTABLE PUBLIC SCULPTURES INCLUDE CLOUD GATE, MILLENNIUM PARK, CHICAGO, AND SKY MIRROR AT THE ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK. KAPOOR'S PIECES ARE FREQUENTLY SIMPLE, CURVED FORMS, USUALLY MONOCHROMATIC AND BRIGHTLY COLOURED. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, KAPOOR HAS WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. KAPOOR INSISTS THAT THIS BODY OF WORK IS NEITHER PURE SCULPTURE NOR PURE ARCHITECTURE.
SCULPTOR. BORN IN BOMBAY (MUMBAI, INDIA, KAPOOR HAS LIVED AND WORKED IN LONDON SINCE THE EARLY 1970S WHERE HE MOVED TO STUDY ART. HE REPRESENTED BRITAIN IN THE XLIV VENICE BIENNALE IN 1990. IN 1991 HE RECEIVED THE TURNER PRIZE. NOTABLE PUBLIC SCULPTURES INCLUDE CLOUD GATE, MILLENNIUM PARK, CHICAGO, AND SKY MIRROR AT THE ROCKEFELLER CENTER, NEW YORK. KAPOOR'S PIECES ARE FREQUENTLY SIMPLE, CURVED FORMS, USUALLY MONOCHROMATIC AND BRIGHTLY COLOURED. THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, KAPOOR HAS WORKED EXTENSIVELY WITH ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS. KAPOOR INSISTS THAT THIS BODY OF WORK IS NEITHER PURE SCULPTURE NOR PURE ARCHITECTURE.
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