DUMB ART LOVER OF THE WEEK: STEPPED INTO A HOLE
by Hazed
A piece of art by Anish Kapoor that is on display in a Portuguese gallery fooled a visitor recently. It is called ‘Descent Into Limbo’ and it looks like a large black hole in the ground. Is it a real hole, or is just a black circle painted on the floor?
Well, it turns out it really is a hole because an Italian visitor stepped onto it – and fell in. The hole looks as if it goes on for ever but in fact it’s about 8 feet deep.
This might sound like a health and safety nightmare, but visitors are warned: they have to sign a disclaimer, there are warning signs posted, and a member of staff stands next to the hole. But somehow this person ignored them all and stepped into the void.
Fortunately, he wasn’t hurt – at least not physically, but I would imagine he fell pretty stupid!
