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'Turning the World Inside Out’ is one in a series of works made in stainless steel by Anish Kapoor, which explore the ambiguities and complexities of space. The sculpture has an active relationship to the space it inhabits - the curved surface reflects and yet seems to absorb its surroundings, distorting them almost like a fairground hall of mirrors. The indentation in the top of the sculpture manipulates our concept of space further - when you look inside it is difficult to see how deep it is and whether it is solid or hollow, full or empty. In making us aware of our own relationship with the sculpture, Kapoor shows an interest in the sublime; namely the emotional sensation of awe or dislocation experienced when confronting the vastness of the world and its incomprehensible, superior forces. Anish Kapoor was born in India and is a sculptor of international acclaim. He was British representative at the Venice Biennale in 1990, and in 1991 he won the Tate’s Turner Prize.
