Mayor of London insisted on Carsten Höller slide being built around Kapoor’s Olympic Park sculpture to gain it more profitable,artist saysArtist Anish Kapoor has revealed that a project in which the world’s longest slide will be built around his Olympic Park sculpture was “foisted” upon him by Boris Johnson, mayor of London, and to gain the artwork more profitable.
From June,Kapoor’s 114-metre-high (374 ft) structure – which was erected in 2012 on the Stratford Olympics site – will absorb a 178-metre (583 ft) tunnel slide wrapped around it, designed by renowned experimental artist Carsten Höller.
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Source: theguardian.com