a question many ask,
when looking at the pyramid in the lovers square, well French
artist JR decided to show his vision of it when he pasted thousands of strips of paper around the Louvre in Paris,
he along with 400 volunteers turned the courtyard around the museum into a massive optical illusion. Installed in
honor of the structure’s 30th anniversary, the collage titled “The Secret of
the Great Pyramid” provides a glimpse at what may lie beneath the iconic glass
pyramid,
in a “Photo
of the Day” post on his website, the artist explains that the installation was
designed to last a single weekend. “The images, like life, are
ephemeral,” JR writes.
“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.”
but here was a slight problem, some visitors took pieces of the installation home, while
other strips torn by foot traffic have been discarded, but what an effort to plan and instal an installation like this, to see more of JR’s
large-scale photo installations, follow the artist on Instagram, photographs by @JRArt on Twitter.
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