So... here are two full views of what I was showing you here in a hurry. The top photo is in the palace gardens, the bottom one in front of the palace. Art by Bernar Venet on exhibition until 1 November 11.Voici de jour ce que je vous montrais rapidement le soir ici. En haut, côté jardin, en bas côté Place d'Armes. Expo Bernar Venet jusqu'au 1/11/11.
This certainly gives a different view of the chateau...and I'm sure these sculptures have some meaning but it escapes me for the moment! :-)
ReplyDeleteoriginal ce melange oeuvre moderne et le chateau
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos, especially the second one!
ReplyDelete— K
Kay, Alberta, Canada
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made me feel as if history still continues there, never ever closing its circle. great work.
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What a spectacular backdrop for his sculptures Ciel, and I love the way you've framed the palace in the second photo. Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI love public art, of most kinds, but it will take a while for me to warm to these . . .
ReplyDeleteThat's really cool, I love sculpture like this and what a setting for an exhibition!
ReplyDeleteThe bottom shot looks like the rib cage of a brontosaurus. Yes, it's true. I spent way too much time watching Fred Flintstone, first as a child, then as an adult, passing it along to my children :-)
These are awesome!
ReplyDeleteOMG, we got some of those! I'll take pictures when we're in town and maybe have a comparison post when I get home. Venet is awfully abstract, though, all that math.
ReplyDeleteVery fun and cool sculptures! Like the contrast of the pyramids in front of the Louvre!
ReplyDeleteThey look more like giant metal flanges, not sculptures, to me.
ReplyDeleteI love there. I would like one out in the pasture. MB
ReplyDeleteEntre Buren au palais royal et lui a Versailles.. ces modernes nous empechent de savourer l'art classique, et leur "art" ne vaut que par ce qu'il y a derrière.
ReplyDeleteEn plus , il enlève le d de son prenom pour faire genre, rien que ça en dit long sur le personnage...
D'intéressants mélanges et un espace qui se prête à la grandeur de ces "sculptures." Heureusement les expos se suivent et ne se ressemblent pas (:-)))
ReplyDeleteWow. I will say they are very big. I wonder how he made them round?
ReplyDeleteLove the way you've composed that last shot so that the palace is cupped in the palm of the art.
ReplyDeleteI hope it doesn't roll over when someone leans on it! Very cool view under the gorgeous blue sky!
ReplyDeleteHappy friday :D
Wonderfully captured, I like this art.
ReplyDeleteI bet this is a refreshing take on an old building.
ReplyDeleteMmm. I don't understand them, but they are interesting. The last looks to be defying gravity. Either way, the photos are great.
ReplyDeleteDie Perspektive des zweiten Foto's ist gigantisch, wirklich gut gelungen.
ReplyDeleteWünsche Dir ein schönes Wochenende.
Well, what a difference a day makes. Very different these shots from when the art was being installed. Interesting to read the different responses to these. I certainly like the way you've framed the shots.
ReplyDeleteVery unique...I still think they look like rib bones.
ReplyDeleteI am never able to get the point of these superior minds...
ReplyDeletegrandiose Bilder, die diese fantastischen Kunstwerke in perfekter Weise einbinden in die historische Umgebung ... alles verschmelzen zu einem harmonischen und sehr inspirativem Ganzen!
ReplyDeleteein wunderschönes Wochenende für dich mit lieben Grüßen
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I was waiting for these! :-) How very cool. The composition at the bottom is fantastic, Ciel!
ReplyDeleteMagnificent! Thanks for these two photos and the link--I enjoyed the fall of the steel beams.
ReplyDeleteYou mentioned you were due for rain--that's great. The only time I was in Versailles (on a student trip to Europe) it rained on us as we walked back towards the train. I had a backpack and an umbrella. The water dripped from the umbrella onto the zipper of a pocket on the umbrella, but not one thing was ruined. So I have nothing but great memories of visiting the palace.
Quelles jolies parenthèses ;)
ReplyDeleteThese are wonderful, Ciel. I think this art complements the buildings so well.
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