Anish Kapoor Completes London Landmark

November 1, 2011  |   News,   World
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http://www.artlyst.com/articles/anish-kapoor-completes-his-eiffel-tower  The 115 meter, 377 foot, structure at the 2012 Olympic site in London is being installed. With the monumental red sculpture ‘Orbit’, the artist Anish Kapoor creates the look of instability. It coils and flows with none of the pyramidal structure usually associated with the building of a tower. “Orbit” is said to be the push that London needs to kick-start architecture into fresh adventurous and new directions. Kapoor said it was ‘thrilling’ to be offered the chance to create for the capital something on a par with what Gustave Eiffel made in Paris. Check it out!