The Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, will be the guest artist to exhibit at the Estate of Versailles in 2012.
"Marilyn" ( two shoes with stiletto heels, made of stainless steel pans, lids and cement) and "The Bride" (a 5-meter tall chandelier made from wire, cotton thread, and over 14,000 tampons) will be included in the exhibition.
Joana has also created a drawing for a tapestry, especially for this event, which will be manufactured at the Tapestry Factory of Portalegre and will measure approximately 13 sqm.
Since 2008, the surroundings of the Palace of Versailles (Chateâu de Versailles) have assisted to narratives between great artists of the Baroque period - André Le Nôtre, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, Charles Le Brun, Jules Hardouin-Mansart - and contemporary artists: Jeff Koons in 2008, Xavier Veilhan in 2009, Takashi Murakami in 2010 and Bernar Venet in 2011.
From June to September 2012, the public will have the opportunity to see the works of one of the most successful Portuguese contemporary artists and the first woman to exhibit in this project, as well as the youngest until today.
Joana Vasconcelos was born in Paris in 1971.
1 comments:
Something about the shape of chandeliers intrigues me. I saw one in Savannah, GA made entirely of oyster shells. I coveted it instantly. Tampons, not so much.
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