Comments on: Anish Kapoor in Boston http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/06/05/anish_kapoor_in_boston/ Reflections on art and architecture by TIME critic Richard Lacayo. Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:49:09 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Eric Levin http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/06/05/anish_kapoor_in_boston/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Eric Levin Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:11:47 +0000 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/06/05/anish_kapoor_in_boston/#comment-267 By the way, I couldn't find "inwendig" in my German dictionary. But a couple of online translation tools (Babelfish and Google) translate "wendig" as "nimble." Which adds a layer of humor to "Nimble Full Figure" as seductive as its glossy red finish. By the way, I couldn't find "inwendig" in my German dictionary.

But a couple of online translation tools (Babelfish and Google) translate "wendig" as "nimble."

Which adds a layer of humor to "Nimble Full Figure" as seductive as its glossy red finish.

]]> By: Eric Levin http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/06/05/anish_kapoor_in_boston/comment-page-1/#comment-266 Eric Levin Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:07:59 +0000 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/06/05/anish_kapoor_in_boston/#comment-266 And because it looks just like a dish of Japanese red bean ice cream, it's a perfect symbol of our instant-access multi-cultural world. And because it looks just like a dish of Japanese red bean ice cream, it's a perfect symbol of our instant-access multi-cultural world.

]]> By: Eric Levin http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/06/05/anish_kapoor_in_boston/comment-page-1/#comment-265 Eric Levin Fri, 06 Jun 2008 16:05:39 +0000 http://lookingaround.blogs.time.com/2008/06/05/anish_kapoor_in_boston/#comment-265 If you got Joel Gray and Liza Minnelli to play Siegfried and Brunnhilde in Gotterdammerung, "Past, Present, Future" would be the perfect Tarnhelm, or magic hat, for Siggy to wear as he beams himself up and down the Rhine. One could also imagine Kapoor's world-in-the-making rising from the bottom of the stage for the dawn of time prelude to Das Rheingold. And, yes, what better metaphor for the advance of time than a close shave that never ends. If you got Joel Gray and Liza Minnelli to play Siegfried and Brunnhilde in Gotterdammerung, "Past, Present, Future" would be the perfect Tarnhelm, or magic hat, for Siggy to wear as he beams himself up and down the Rhine.

One could also imagine Kapoor's world-in-the-making rising from the bottom of the stage for the dawn of time prelude to Das Rheingold.

And, yes, what better metaphor for the advance of time than a close shave that never ends.

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