For this shopping area, Arne Quinze foresees a wooden installation referring to the theme of “structured chaos”. “There’s no chaos, only structure” is a tagline in some of his work expressing his inner self and how he describes his thoughts. To him there is no chaos, everything is structured even in the chaos you can only find structure.
At first sight this monumental wooden structure of 18 meters high seems a visual chaos with mixed orange and natural colored wooden slats. Yet at a closer look one will notice all wooden planks are put on a specific place having a precise function. Seemingly constantly seeking for an equilibrium the structure never loses its balance. It’s almost like you can see the installation moving. Neon lights will be hung in the sculpture to accentuate this feeling of movement.
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Arne QUINZE : “Bidonville Apartment”
Ben VAUTIER : “What a Mess” - ” Is it possible?”
Niki de SAINT PHALLE : “Thoeris - Hippo lamp” - “Femme bleue”
Jean-Pierre Raynaud : “Pot Doré”
Niki DE SAINT PHALLE : “L’Ange Vase”
Arne QUINZE : “Chaos Life”
Niki DE SAINT PHALLE : “Femme bleue” - “Justice” - “L’Ange Vase”
Ben VAUTIER : “La vie de tous les jours”
Arne QUINZE : “There is no chaos only structure”
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From July 12, 2012 to November 15, 2012, 9 scaled polyester resin/ceramic sculptures by Niki de Saint Phalle are on display on Park Avenue median between 52nd and 60th Streets.
Fascinated with primitive arts and legendary myths, she reinvests them by giving them a raw but poetic tone. Nature and animal kingdom are omnipresent in her work. Snakes, dogs, dragons and birds make their appearance, both omens of danger or temptation and protectors. The art of Niki is shaped by painful experiences. Her sculptures, fueled with the exaltation of the joy of life are a way to externalize her anxieties. Behind the apparent simplicity of her work are hidden cathartic powers.
The installation was sponsored by Nohra Haime Gallery and the Niki Charitable Art Foundation and commemorates her work 10 years after her death.
Kashan, Tapis de soie indienne sur un moule en polyester (tapisdermie). Date : 2010 / Dim.: 70 x 25 x H 50 cm © 2012 Musée du Louvre / Olivier Ouadah © ADAGP
The Louvre invites Wim Delvoye to intervene at various locations within the museum and nearby: in the galleries of the Department of Decorative Arts, under the Pyramid, and in the Tuileries gardens.
From the down-to-earth redeployment of Gothic motifs to Baroque-inspired contorted and twisted crucifixes, Delvoye’s popular and decorative art, which has its roots in subversive and ironic reinterpretations of past styles, finds a particularly trenchant echo in the Louvre’s collections.
Ring Corpus Inside, Bronze niquelé. Date : 2011 / Dim.: 38 x 38 x 62 cm © 2012 Musée du Louvre / Olivier Ouadah © ADAGP
Sans titre (Pneu de voiture), Pneu sculpté à la main. Date : 2011 / Dim.: Ø 68 x 13 cm © 2012 Musée du Louvre / Olivier Ouadah © ADAGP
Suppo, Acier inoxydable découpé au laser. Date : 2010 / Dim.: H 1110 x Ø 130 cm © 2012 Musée du Louvre / Olivier Ouadah © ADAGP
Suppo, Acier inoxydable découpé au laser. Date : 2010 / Dim.: H 1110 x Ø 130 cm © 2012 Musée du Louvre / Olivier Ouadah © ADAGP
Twisted dump truck, Acier coupé au laser. Date : 2012 / Dim.: L 150 x 74 x 74 cm © 2012 Musée du Louvre / Olivier Ouadah © ADAGP
Arne Quinze’s first exhibition in the Netherlands is on display at the Kunsthal Rotterdam. The exhibition entitled ‘My Secret Garden’ is also the artist’s first large-scale indoor projection. Quinze, whose works can be found around the world, is known for his large-scale public installations and sculptures that demonstrate his interest in placing artworks in cities so that the art and cities’ inhabitants can coexist.
Quinze’s works are often built from various types of wood. For ‘My Secret Garden’ comprises of two sections, an extraordinary wooden installation and a space that Quinze calls ‘the temple’. Quinze considers a ‘secret garden’ to be a place where we can feel safe and in control of who and what has access to our very own distinctly-bound territory. A ‘temple’, on the other hand, is a place where we can simply be ourselves. Quinze’s piece encourages the viewer to think about how they organize their lives in relation to others. The artist’s most recent works can be seen exhibited in metal display cases. Quinze has introduced light and sound compositions by musicians Danny Mommens and Els Plynnoo.
The exhibition coincides with Quinze’s exhibition ‘Cities like open-air museums’ at the Venetian Galleries and the permanent installation ‘Rock Strangers’ in Ostend, on the Belgium coast. The projects will interact with each other with the film ‘My Secret Garden’ being shown in both Ostend and Rotterdam. This double projection is highlighted even further with the use of live stream, with the Ostend visitors being able to see the visitors in Rotterdam walk through the installation.
Arne Quinze’s latest work of art ‘Rock Strangers’ will be on permanent display at the recently refurbished Heroes of the Sea Square in Ostend, on the Belgium coast. The works will be exhibited as part of the Beaufort04, the Triennial of Contemporary Art by the Sea, which selects works of art that reflect what is happening in the contemporary European art scene. The installation of Quinze’s work consists of 11 elements, and coincides with his exhibition ‘Cities like open-air museums’ at theVenetian Galleries as well as Kunsthal Rotterdam Art Gallery in the Netherlands.
Quinze’s works demonstrates the necessity of integrating public works of art in cities. This is highlighted even further by the specially developed documentary in which Quinze explains his general vision on cities as well as the way in which his vision could become reality. This work is part of his belief to transform cities all over the world into open-air museums, where works of art are located amongst the cities’ inhabitants. The work also shows Quinze collaborating with musician Piet Goddaer and the author Saskia de Coster.
