Kapoor's first China solo stuns in Beijing

"What I try to do is to make objects that challenge the viewer and ask questions about how the viewer relates," Kapoor once said.

"The structure and color of Kapoor's work made a tremendous visual impact on me," said Wu Jian, a painter who attended the exhibition.

"I have no clue how they should be categorized. It seems that they are neither sculptures, nor installations, nor architecture," Wu added, concluding they somehow belong to a convergence of the three genres.

"Kapoor has pushed sculpture based on visual experience to the extreme. Everyone who comes to the exhibition needs to note this," Sui Jianguo, a famed Chinese sculptor and conceptual artist, said to China Daily Website.

Kapoor's work is special in that it builds a new understanding of space on the basis of phenomenology. Hence, to approach Kapoor's artworks, people have to view them in the flesh, Sui added.

The Taimaio exhibition runs until Dec 28, while the CAFA show ends on Jan 1.If you go:

9:30-17:30, Tuesday to Sunday.8 Huajiadian South Street, Chaoyang district, Beijing010-6477-1575北京市朝陽區花家地南街8號中央美術學院美術館
9:00-17:00, Monday to Sunday. East of the Tian'anmen Square, Dongcheng district, Beijing 010-6525-2189北京市東城區天安門東側勞動人民文化宮(太廟)

Yang Xiaoyu contributed to this story.