Dear ChangeFashion,

I was in London the last three days for Muscon, a conference for museums on travelling exhibitions, and of course took the opportunity to visit several expos, including the expo at Barbican Gallery on 30 Years Japanese Fashion. But more on that later!

During a walk in Kensington Gardens it was nice to discover works by Anish Kapoor. ‘Turning the World Upside Down’ is an outdoor exhibition of 4 sculptures by Anish Kapoor, encouraging passers-by to reflect on their surroundings and playing with themes like distortion, reality and dream. It was very nice to see the reflections of the polished stainless steel of the sculptures scattering from far throughout the park!

I took some pictures but you can also see a video with interview by Mr. Kapoor via this link.

However, one of my favourite artworks is a site-specific work he did in 2008, called Svayambh (it means ‘Self-Creation’ in Sasnkrit) in which a huge block of wax with red raw pigment travels slowly through a museum, leaving traces of its passage on walls and doorways. Unfortunately I never saw it live, but when i first saw pictures of this work I was fascinated by this man!

You can discover more on Anish Kapoor via this link!