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I've always felt that if one was going to take seriously this vocation as an artist, you have to get beyond that decorative facade

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Anish Kapoor
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: March 12
Architect
Drawer
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Sculptor
Visual Artist
Bombay
Sir Anish Kapoor
Sir Anish Mikhail Kapoor
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