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I am really interested in the idea that art can reach wider, can go further, can go beyond the art world, why not? People are intelligent, people are visually intelligent, and why shouldn't the work be able to engage some of that?

Anish Kapoor

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Anish Kapoor
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: March 12
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