Anish Kapoor

One artist who really inspires my work is the world renowned artist Anish Kapoor. He has created some stunning work with the theme of reflection which I feel really relates to my work.

One of my favourite pieces of work from Kapoor is the reflective "cloud gate" also known as the "bean" which was created between 2004-2006. It is made up of stainless steel plate’s welded together and highly polished to reflect the cities landscapes. I really like the distorted reflection it creates and the interesting bean like shape.

Another piece from Kapoor which I find very interesting is the "sky mirror" which is a 35-foot-diameter concave mirror constructed from stainless steel. the art piece gives the impression of a lower sky.

This interesting art piece is made up of stainless steel metal balls which reflects the surrounding landscape.

Water reflection photographs

I decided to continue my research on reflection so i continued on from my earlier photographs of water reflection. I took a series of photographs throughout and around the college. I took photos of rain puddles, lakes and rivers.

A thousand mirrors

I quickly moved on from exploring the theme of a vortex and decided to brainstorm again from my earlier work of the bycycle racks. I began looking at different types of reflection. so I took a series of photographs of a mirror reflected off a mirror to create a "thousand mirror" effect.

Vortex

I decided to begin exploring the idea of a vortex. I started researching different artists who have used the theme of vortex within their work. One artist who I found very interesting was Do Ho Suh. Suh created a very interesting and precise spiral in varying shades of orange and red which gives the illusion of a fiery looking vortex. When examined closely you will see that it is actually made up of thousands of tiny men. Suh says "The work is an attempt to decipher the boundaries between a single identity and a larger group, and how the two conditions coexist"