Anish Kapoor Painting is the first publication to explore Kapoor's paintings in depth. It
offers a unique insight into a language that has increasingly been a focus over the last ten
years but has also been an integral part of his studio practice since his career began in the
late seventies. In works that sit on the cusp between abstraction and figuration Kapoor's
paintings reveal the desire to go beyond the surface that has been so iconically explored in
his better-known sculptural works. Recurring motifs are returned to time and again rendered in
paintings in which image surface space and time appear in sometimes delicate but often
violent symmetry. With essays from such as vital voices as Julia Kristeva and Homi K.Bhabha
with whom the artist has collaborated in articulating his distinctive visual language this
extensive survey presents the trajectory that has led Anish Kapoor to his boldest and most
startling body of work to date. Texts: Homi K. Bhabha Julia Kristeva Martin Kemp Greg Hilty
Norman Rosenthal Emma Ridgway Chris Knight Anish Kapoor
