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At the Pantheon in Paris: Ernesto Neto's "Leviathan Thot" for the Festival d'Automne, an installation that I read about at Parisist.
This young artist has a peculiar approach to space and the body. Rio de Janeiro, his native city, epitomizing the conflict between nature and culture, shaped his art. His sculptures often deal with the tensions exerted by gravity on skin-thin materials. His monumental installation will contrast the animality of a tulle-and-polystyrene creature suspended under the dome of the Pantheon, with the weight of History and the cultural layers of this landmark.
Previously on this site: the last big installation I went to.
Monday 25 September 2006
leviathan thot: ernesto neto's anthropomorphic pantheon installation
12 comments // art & architecture, black and white, buildings, europe, monuments, paris, sigma 18-50mm F2.8, textures
so beautiful.
though i would be scared that they would fall on me.
I am in awe. Both of your beautiful photographs and of the installation.
LOVE IT.... stretchy snot! :)
those pictures are so great ! Black & White really make it ! I particulary like the second one : putting enable us to evaluate the scale of the artwork ! GREAT and HUGE ! this is much bigger than what you can see of this artist in Pompidou museum !
I absolutely adore these photos. That's a juxtaposition if I've ever seen one. Thank you for sharing.
wow! what a interesting art.
I am so into installation art like this.
I wish I was in Paris to see this... :D
Great set of shots - what a fantastic piece of art! Love the top shot particularly.
makes me feel funny
I was just in Paris, and I have to tell you that it looks as though the building was full of snot. I was not expecting to see this, so my reaction was definitely colored by my shock. It was far more funny then anything else, although the black and white pictures make it look more beautiful then it was in person. As for it falling on you, they are full of styrophoam balls and wouldn't hurt.
OMG! Giant mozzarella!
This was a great organic bio-loogey in the ridiculously pompous Pantheon to the fetish of "Great Men" and rigid (false) ideologies. It will make all facists uncomfortable.
Oh ! I have see that in a video with my visual arts teacher
