Anish Kapoor and Nicholas Hlobo
Year after year, Anish Kapoor, one of the world’s most famous living artists, astonishes the international arts community with his gigantic, enigmatic creations that fill the biggest exhibition spaces in the world’s best-known galleries. Nicholas Hlobo, a young artist from Johannesburg whose output is closely watched by collectors longing to buy, weaves together rubber, leather and fabric to produce intimate objets and performances that evoke an enticing but provocative beauty. Although there are few points of connection between the two artistic approaches, the “poetic dialogue” of their mentorship year proved fruitful and inspiring.