Formally and unambiguously invoking maternity, When I am Pregnant is a rounded, harmonious protuberance in the exhibition wall. The sculpture is as one with the space sheltering the artworks and indeed seems heavy with potentialities. We can easily imagine that some force is pushing from behind the wall, like an artwork which is not yet found an egress to come into being. This "push" of the artwork from the other side of the wall becomes the image of the spiritual force that brings matter to life, a metaphor for the living.

Anish Kapoor. When I am Pregnant, 1992
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