Sky Mirror

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Short description: Series of mirror sculptures by Anish Kapoor


Sky Mirror, this one commissioned in 2015, on a temporary exhibition in 2020 at Wat Arun, Bangkok
The original Sky Mirror in Wellington Circus, Nottingham, outside the Nottingham Playhouse theatre.

Sky Mirror is a public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor.[1] Commissioned by the Nottingham Playhouse, it is installed outside the theatre in Wellington Circus, Nottingham, England.[2] Sky Mirror is a 6-metre-wide (20 ft)-wide concave dish of polished stainless steel weighing 10 tonnes (9.8 long tons) and angled up towards the sky. Its surface reflects the ever-changing environment.[2]

The original Sky Mirror

It took six years from the initial idea for a major new piece of public art to the unveiling of Sky Mirror on 27 April 2001, and cost £921,000 (equivalent to £1,534,000 in 2023).[1][3] At the time, it was the largest National Lottery grant to any single artwork.[3] It was manufactured in Finland.[2]

In autumn 2007 the Nottingham Playhouse Sky Mirror was voted Pride of Place in a poll to find Nottingham's favourite landmark.[4] In 2009, Sky Mirror was installed in Brighton's Pavilion Gardens for the Brighton Festival.[5]

From 28 September 2010, Sky Mirror and three other Kapoor sculptures were exhibited in Kensington Gardens, London.[6] The open-air exhibition was titled Turning the World Upside Down and it ran until 13 March 2011. It was accessible from 6 a.m. until dusk.[7] Kapoor said that Kensington Gardens was "the best site in London for a piece of art, probably in the world". The location of Sky Mirror was previously occupied by a sculpture by Henry Moore – a work that was donated by the artist, but had been removed for conservation in 1996.[8] Kapoor's sculptures were guarded round-the-clock at a cost estimated to be £120,000 paid for by the Royal Parks Agency.[9]

Versions of Sky Mirror

From 20 September to 27 October 2006, a larger version of Sky Mirror was installed at Rockefeller Center in New York City. It had a 35 foot (11 m) diameter, stood three stories tall, and weighed 23 long tons (23 t).[10] The convex side faced Fifth Avenue, the concave side the Rockefeller Center courtyard.

Versions of Sky Mirror also exist in the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia,[11] in front of the Casino de Monte-Carlo in Monaco,[12] and in the Serralves Museum in Porto, Portugal.[13] The De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art in Tilburg, the Netherlands has a rectangular (650 cm by 250 cm) version. There is a version at the Dallas Cowboys Art Collection at AT&T Stadium.[14] Singapore's Marina Bay Sands has a 2.9-metre-wide (9.5 ft)-wide version.[15] A 5-metre-wide (16 ft)-wide version was exhibited at Houghton Hall in 2020.[16]

  • Sky Mirror (original), Nottingham
    Sky Mirror (original), Nottingham
  • Sky Mirror (original), Kensington Gardens, London
    Sky Mirror (original), Kensington Gardens, London
  • Sky Mirror (version), New York, as seen from Rockefeller Center
    Sky Mirror (version), New York, as seen from Rockefeller Center
  • Sky Mirror (version), Serralves, Porto, Portugal
    Sky Mirror (version), Serralves, Porto, Portugal

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Young, Emma. "Barbecue wings". New Scientist. https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn495-barbecue-wings/. Retrieved 28 October 2018. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Nanrah, Gurjeet (2021-07-03). "The 6-metre wide mirror sculpture displayed the city for 20 years" (in en). https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/20-years-on-unique-nottingham-5603061. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Fire-starting sculpture unveiled" (in en-GB). 2001-04-27. https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/1300341.stm. 
  4. ↑ BBC. "Art captures city's heart" (in en-gb). https://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/content/articles/2007/12/08/sky_mirror_favourite_nottingham_landmark_feature.shtml. 
  5. ↑ Kapoor, Anish. "Anish Kapoor: Sky Mirror" (in en-GB). https://anishkapoor.com/274/sky-mirror-2. 
  6. ↑ "Exhibition of Anish Kapoor's sculptures opens in Kensington Gardens". Demotix. http://www.demotix.com/news/457867/exhibition-anish-kapoor-sculptures-opens-kensington-gardens. Retrieved 28 October 2010. 
  7. ↑ "Anish Kapoor Turning the World Upside Down". Demotix. http://www.demotix.com/news/473544/anish-kapoor-turning-world-upside-down. 
  8. ↑ Gayford, Martin (28 September 2010). "It's the location of Anish Kapoor's 'Sky Mirror' that counts". The Daily Telegraph (London). https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/8030914/Its-the-location-of-Anish-Kapoors-Sky-Mirror-that-counts.html. 
  9. ↑ Ross Lydall (7 October 2010). "Reflecting badly: Public pays for guards on Anish Kapoor mirrors". Evening Standard. London. Archived from the original on 23 April 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20110423220844/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23885543-reflecting-badly-public-pays-for-guards-on-anish-kapoor-mirrors.do. 
  10. ↑ Vogel, Carol (3 October 2013). "Warhol Death and Disaster Work to Be Sold by Sotheby's". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/04/arts/design/warhol-death-and-disaster-work-to-be-sold-by-sothebys.html. 
  11. ↑ Mosse, Martha (2021-04-24). "Dream Anish Kapoor" (in en-GB). https://thewickculture.com/dream-and-discover-anish-kapoor/. 
  12. ↑ Calendar, Event (2017-06-22). "Monuments in Monaco: Sculptures Near Monte-Carlo Casino" (in en-US). https://www.hellomonaco.com/leisure-entertainment/museums-parks/sculptures-of-monaco-a-walk-at-the-place-of-casino/. 
  13. ↑ "Sky Mirror" (in en). https://www.lissongallery.com/artists/anish-kapoor/artworks/sky-mirror?image_id=15375. 
  14. ↑ "Sky Mirror (2006) | AT&T Stadium" (in en-US). https://attstadium.com/artwork/sky-mirror-2006/. 
  15. ↑ "Art Installations at the Marina Bay Sands Art Path" (in en). https://www.marinabaysands.com/guides/exceptional-experiences/marina-bay-sands-art-path.html. 
  16. ↑ "Major exhibition by Anish Kapoor opens at Houghton Hall" (in en). https://www.lissongallery.com/news/major-exhibition-by-anish-kapoor-opens-at-houghton-hall. 

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