Ascension, Anish Kapoor

Indian-British artist Anish Kappor’s raising smoke installation Ascension was shown at the dome of the basilica di San Giorgio during the 54th Venice Art Biennale. The artist states: ‘in my work, what is and what seems to be often become blurred. in ascension, for example, what interests me is the idea of immateriality becoming an object, which is exactly what happens in ascension: the smoke becomes a column. also present in this work is the idea of moses following a column of smoke, a column of light, in the desert…’