Anish Kapoor Out of the Dark, 2024

Anish Kapoor opens an ultramarine fissure with his first silkscreen print.

Out of the Dark immerses the viewer in a mountain-like form that opens into a deep blue cavernous void.

That first print by Kapoor evoke ‘sites of origin’ as mounds, mountains and voids in deeply saturated colours.

The artist has described blue as “a colour that reveals darkness in a deep and mysterious way.” It was used by Kapoor in his earliest explorations of the void as a sculptural form. Like the dichotomy between his sculptures and paintings, it exists in balance with its perceived opposite. While red calls to mind blood and bodies, blue is transcendent and empty. Earthly, yet cosmic.
Working closely with Kapoor, printmakers at Make-Ready in London paid close attention to chromatic accuracy. Spot colours including pure ultramarine were added to a CMYK separation to maximise depth and intensity in a 24 layer silkscreen print.
“I am thrilled to share my first silkscreen print and look forward to participating in a project that takes artwork to a wider audience.”
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If the Earth Will Speak, Art Museum of the Americas
Arte Ayuda, Museum of Contemporary Art