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Bourse de Commerce de Paris
By : Olivier Blouin
GRANDS PRIX DU DESIGN – 15th edition
Discipline : Art & Photography
Categories : Photo / Architectural Photography : Gold Certification
The work of total art is perfectly embodied in this work. After the entrance, a detour through the first gallery of exhibitions, including the critical work of Martial Raysse, leads to the discovery of the central and circular space of the bourse. Tadao Ando's minimal concrete architecture sublimates the building, its 29-meter diameter and 9-meter high cylinder opening the view to the glass roof reflecting the Parisian sky.
The gaze wanders, circulates to discover the variation of shadows on the concrete, discover the fresco that at the base of the glass depicts trade on the five continents. This light circular ring expresses the volume, it opens as much as it closes the space. Urs Fischer's Abduction of the Sabine women, a wax replica of Giambologna's work, slowly burning in the middle of the space, amplifies the vision between earth and sky through the movement of the bodies.
This delicate ring of concrete provides access to the three levels of exhibitions, all of which benefit from the city's natural light and all of which open onto the central space. From each room, the eye is drawn to the works of art as well as to the architecture of the space. At each level, a viewpoint on what is happening in the central space allows us to observe Fischer's installations and the visitors admiring the works.
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