On Every New Shadow

Small islands floating in the air, Lee Bul’s crystal and aluminium sculptures at the Fondation Cartier compose an complex and sensual installation. They are a prolongation of the material and conceptual structure of Jean Nouvel’s building and create a dark and spellbinding atmosphere. These diaphanous structures made of pearls, reflects, and metal similar to lace are raised above the audience who can fully appreciate them thanks to clever sets of mirrors.
Lightness of volumes is the main thread of this project referring to the visionary German architect Bruno Taut (1880 – 1938) and his phantasmagorical Glashaus (a glass pavilion built for the 1914 Cologne Exhibition). Lee Bul appropriates the creative energy of Taut’s work and his enthusiasm for glass: she presents at the same time the worlds of dream and reality without opposing them. Also she doesn’t hesitate to address political issues at the core of her life, such as dictatorship and torture.

 - Richard Gilles -

Lee Bul - The Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain
261 boulevard Raspail
75014 Paris
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