Exhibition and publication design for the the first United States museum presentation dedicated to celebrated artist Anish Kapoor’s early work, presenting rarely seen works on paper, sketchbooks and striking pigment sculpture. Each showing Kapoor’s ongoing investigations into the boundaries of sculpture, colour, and form.

The exhibition takes place through several rooms of the institution, and the design is kept simple to leave space for the bold colours of the artwork, positioning interpretation in clustered groups along the edges of the walls. Labels are produced on a recycled cotton-rag – nodding to the base material of the works on paper.

A richly illustrated, small-format publication accompanies the show, including an interview between Kapoor and Chief Curator, Darsie Alexander, exploring Kapoor’s journey and process. This book takes a on a landscape format to allow for paired compositions of works and larger reproductions of installation photography. Text is set in LL Ivory, a geometrically designed serif that pairs well with Kapoor’s experimentation with shape.

The cover of the publication colour matches the early red pigments of Kapoor’s work on paper, punching through with a circular die-cut to reveal an expanse of special ‘Deep Space Black’ ink on the inside in reference to Kapoor’s more recent ‘Vantablack’ work. Sculpture that uses a nanotechnological substance that absorbs nearly all light, playing with a viewers perception of the physical form.