The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art at WSU has opened “Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins,” the first solo survey dedicated to Anish Kapoor’s printmaking. Kapoor is known worldwide for monumental sculptures such as Cloud Gate in Chicago. His exhibition reveals a different side of his practice through vivid prints that bend space, perception and imagination.
Ryan Hardesty, executive director and curator of exhibitions and collections at the museum, said this exhibition was years in the making.
“Part of what I like to do with exhibitions here at the museum is to really bring to our campus community national and international artists of significance,” Hardesty said.
WSU has students coming from all over the nation and the world, Hardesty said. They should have art exhibitions at the museum that match their own experiences.
Hardesty first began research for the project in 2021 after discovering more than 60 prints from Kapoor in the Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation’s collection, he said. Since then, Hardesty has worked with the Jordan D. Schnitzer Family Foundation to fill gaps in the collection with a view representing Kapoor’s printmaking practice in an exhibit.
Although Kapoor is best known for three-dimensional works that physically engulf the body, Hardesty said his prints invite reflection on infinity, the void and the unseen.
“The emptiness speaks to bigger questions, our soul, our emotional state, what our lives are like and where we go in the end. That’s what Dissolving Margins is about, the eroding of the object itself leading us to bigger questions of life,” Hardesty said.
For the students, the exhibition offers an international perspective and a sensory experience.
Alexandria Kanakaole, a fourth-year animal science pre-vet student, said the colors and movement of the works were immediately striking.
“Some of them move when you look at them longer,” Kanakaole said. “My favorite are the folds.”
Kanokaole said it is great to have a lot of diversity, cultural artists and art pieces from around the world in the collection.
Hardesty said he hopes students will take the time to visit the museum and immerse themselves in Kapoor’s world of color and energy.
“It can be both uplifting and recharging,” Hardesty said.
The museum, housed in WSU’s Crimson Cube, is free and open to the public 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday.
“Anish Kapoor: Dissolving Margins” will be on display through March 14, 2026.
