visited anish kapoor's exhibition at le grand palais today. every year there's an exhibition in the nave of le grand palais called monumenta - this year kapoor was chosen & ultimately decided to fill the huuuge space with a massive sculpture titled 'leviathan', that kinda looks like a giant ribena blob.
part of the exhibition is inside the artwork...imagine a huge, echoing, luminescent red dome that almost seems bigger than its exterior (if that's even possible.....).
kapoor dedicated the work to chinese artist ai weiwei, who's recently been arrested. i saw ai weiwei's 'sunflower seeds' at the tate modern in london, back in april. weiwei's work has a real heart-warming story behind it. you can watch the vid on it here...
the nave is all decked out in art nouveau architecture, with a glass-domed roof - which isn't what you'd expect when you see the more classic stone facade... just opposite is le petit palais (which is still huge), another museum/gallery space.
pont alexandre III joins the two palaces (& the champs-élysées) to the hôtel des invalides. this bridge is one of paris' more fancy ones with a heap of art nouveau lamps & statues of cherubs everywhere. it was built around the same time as le grand palais (1900), so has a similiar kind of architecture.
i've just been to see the new woody allen film 'midnight in paris' and the closing scene was on pont alexandre III. such a surreal feeling to recognise all these places where i've walked & explored! the film's inspired me to get out & see more of paris while i'm here...
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| the interior of the sculpture |
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| crystal ball? |
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| nothing to say |
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| le petit palais |
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| a fine example of awkward parisian parking |
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