“It’s something I’ve been thinking about for a long time,” Semple told me. “I like the idea of being able to try a name on and see how it feels, and test what the ownership of a name means, I suppose.

It turns out artist Stuart Semple isn’t the only one with a problem with world-famous artist Anish Kapoor. Residents of Camberwell, London, are up in arms over the Kapoor’s plans to add a new floor to ...