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| Anish Kapoor to Design Iconic Landmark
for Olympic Park |
The ArcelorMittal Orbit is set to become UK’s largest sculpture. The Mayor of London Boris Johnson and Lakshmi Mittal, Chairman and CEO of ArcelorMittal, a couple of months back, unveiled the artist and design chosen to create a spectacular new visitor attraction in the Olympic Park.
Award winning London-based artist Anish Kapoor has been given the commission of a lifetime to design the spectacular new public attraction in the Olympic Park. The stunning artwork, to be entitled ‘The ArcelorMittal Orbit’, will ensure the Park remains an unrivalled visitor destination following the 2012 Games, providing the key Olympic legacy Mayor of London Boris Johnson envisaged for the East End.
The breathtaking sculpture – thought to be the tallest in the UK – will consist of a continuous looping lattice of tubular steel. Standing at a gigantic 115 metres, it will be 22 metres taller than the Statue of Liberty in New York and offer unparalleled views of the entire 250 acres of the Olympic Park and London’s skyline from a special viewing platform. Visitors will be able to take a trip up the statuesque structure in a huge lift and will have the option of walking down the spiralling staircase.
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Cinema Verite Redux*
Gallery Sumukha, Bengaluru, is currently displaying Cinema Verite Redux, an art exhibition in Bengaluru curated by Berlin- and London-based renowned writer and curator Shaheen Merali, (June 18-July 30, 2010). The exhibition comprises works by seven national and international artists and the selection for the title of the exhibition, Cinema Verite Redux, proposes a familiarity of intent with a type of cinema and documentary style which has evolved and is recognised as cinema verite.
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Spotlight: Zero Knot by
Sreshta Premnath
GallerySke, Bengaluru, recently presented Zero Knot, an installation and publication by Sreshta Premnath at Art Basel 41 from June 16-20, 2010. It was also the gallery’s debut at the fair. Premnath examines the spectral figure of the monument – a memorial from the past that points towards its historic conception of a future. |
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