JR AU LOUVRE & LE SECRET DE LA GRANDE PYRAMIDE
Paris, France
2019
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
JR AT THE LOUVRE MUSEUM & THE SECRET OF THE GREAT PYRAMID
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Louvre Pyramid, JR created a collaborative piece of art on the scale of the Napoleon Court. Three years after having made the Pyramid disappear, the artist brought a new light to the famed monument by realizing a gigantic collage, thanks to the help of 400 volunteers !
Each day hundreds of volunteers came to help cut and paste the 2000 strips of paper, making it the biggest pasting ever done by the artist.
The images, like life, are ephemeral. Once pasted, the art piece lives on its own. The sun dries the light glue and with every step, people tear pieces of the fragile paper. The process is all about participation of volunteers, visitors, and souvenir catchers. This project is also about presence and absence, about reality and memories, about impermanence.
More pictures below
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Anamorphosis at twilight, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Volunteers, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Anamorphosis at midday, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Anamorphosis in the evening, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Anamorphosis in the morning, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Graphic design made by Violaine&Jeremy Studio, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Pasting on the esplanade, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Pasting on the esplanade, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Pasting on the esplanade, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Pasting on the esplanade, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Pasting on the esplanade, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Pasting on the esplanade, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
JR at the Louvre Museum & The secret of the Great Pyramid, Pasting on the esplanade, Louvre Museum, Paris, 2019
