Sky Mirror
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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 Script error: No such module "convert".-wide concave dish of polished stainless steel weighing Script error: No such module "convert". 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 Expression error: Unrecognized punctuation character "[".).[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 Script error: No such module "convert". diameter, stood three stories tall, and weighed Script error: No such module "convert"..[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 Script error: No such module "convert".-wide version.[15] A Script error: No such module "convert".-wide version was exhibited at Houghton Hall in 2020.[16]
Gallery
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Sky Mirror (original), Nottingham
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Sky Mirror (original), Kensington Gardens, London
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Sky Mirror (version), New York, as seen from Rockefeller Center
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Sky Mirror (version), Serralves, Porto, Portugal
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External links
- Anish Kapoor official website
- Sky Mirror website
- Images of the Sky Mirror and Wellington Circus from BBC Nottingham
- Sky Mirror, New York
- The State Heritage Museum, St. Petersburg
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