Shortly after its announcement, the paper strips were destroyed underfoot visitors, lefting the collage in shreds. On the project's planned destruction, JR said:
This weekend, the iconic project built in 1989 by Chinese-American architect I.M. Pei, the glass pyramid was added to the historic Louvre Museum, celebrated its 30th anniversary.
For the celebration, the Paris museum commisioned the French street artist JR who, three years ago, covered the pyramid in a giant trompe l’oeil that made it disappear behind a giant black-and-white photo.
For the celebration, the Paris museum commisioned the French street artist JR who, three years ago, covered the pyramid in a giant trompe l’oeil that made it disappear behind a giant black-and-white photo.
His next work saw the help of 400 volunteers, who worked for four days to surround the glass pyramid with 2,000 strips of paper. The collage created the optical illusion that the pyramid was rising from a rock quarry.
Shortly after its announcement, the paper strips were destroyed underfoot visitors, lefting the collage in shreds. On the project's planned destruction, JR said:
Shortly after its announcement, the paper strips were destroyed underfoot visitors, lefting the collage in shreds. On the project's planned destruction, JR said:
"the images, like life, are ephemeral. Once pasted, the art piece lives on its own. This project is also about presence and absence, about reality and memories, about impermanence."
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April 2, 2019
Cite: "Artist JR creates a large-scale optical illusion at the Louvre Pyramid, for its 30th birthday" METALOCUS.
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