First created back in 1992, the work is meant to trick the eye into thinking that what you’re seeing is a flat 2-D painting of a circle when it is, in fact, an actual hole. Kapoor began making “void” pieces in 1985, and so the success of Descent Into Limbo‘s trickery is of no surprise. Horacio Villalobos – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Descent Into Limbo. To the illusion’s credit, there were multiple caution signs set up around the piece as well as a guard tasked with keeping visitors away from the hole.Īlthough the man did have to be hospitalized after the fall, a spokesperson for the museum told Artnet News that “The visitor has already left the hospital and he is recovering well.” The visitor - reportedly an Italian man in his 60s - allegedly wanted to see if the void was indeed just that and subsequently fell about eight feet to the bottom of the installation. 13 accidentally fell into the work of famed artist Anish Kapoor titled Descent Into Limbo - which features a hole in the ground made to look like a mere spot on the floor. Horacio Villalobos – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Indian artist Anish Kapoor talks to journalists during the presentation of his exhibition at the Serralves Museum and Park on Jin Porto, Portugal.Īrt can sometimes play tricks on the mind thanks to optical illusions, although rarely does this kind of art put anyone in real danger.īut one art installation did, as a man visiting the Fundação de Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art in Porto, Portugal on Aug.

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