Anish Kapoor
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519 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 2 Jul
Anish Kapoor’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yeah.
Oh, my God.
I'm afraid there might be.
It's Descent Into Limbo, which is the void in the floor.
that you don't know whether it's a carpet or a hole.
But it's in fact Prussian blue.
Prussian blue indeed.
Come on, John.
Do you know, when I first showed that work, it was at Documenta, which is one of these big Biennale shows in Germany.
There's always a line, a huge line, especially at the opening.
And this gentleman came into the room, and I happened to be in the room at the time, and he was furious.
He said, oh, I've done all kinds of things in the name of contemporary art, but I've never stood in a line for 45 minutes in order to look at a black carpet on the floor.
LAUGHTER
And then he was wearing sunglasses.
He took his glasses off and threw them at this thing, thinking it's going to land on a carpet.
I'll pick my glasses up, I presume.
And of course, they disappeared.
He was horrified.
He withdrew himself completely.
Like that.
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