Contemporary Counterpoint
Wolfgang Laib. A Mountain not to climb on. For Monet
From March 06th to July 08th, 2024
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Musée de l'Orangerie
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Courtesy Thaddeus Ropac gallery, London - Paris - Salzburg - Seoul
© Musée de l'Orangerie / Sophie Crépy
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This presentation will bring together works specially created by the artist for the museum’s very special architecture, in dialogue with that ode to nature and beauty formed by Monet’s Nymphéas.
In the works of Wolfgang Laib (born in Germany in 1950), nature invades art. As a result, his materials, which include pollen, milk, rice and beeswax, dictate the final forms of the simple, geometrically-shaped sculptures created by the artist (squares, cones and alignments). Each of his works is presided over by a series of simple, economical actions involving a relationship with nature: gathering, sifting, pouring…
Courtesy Thaddeus Ropac gallery, London - Paris - Salzburg - Seoul
© Musée de l'Orangerie / Sophie Crépy
Curatorship
Claire Bernardi, Director of the Musée de l’Orangerie
Sophie Eloy, Head of documentation, the library, the archives and research at the Musée de l’Orangerie
Partenaires ou Mécènes
With the generous support of American Friends Musées d’Orsay et de l’Orangerie
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The exhibition is now over.
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