With alt-rock pioneers Radioheadin the news, many architecture fans might be daydreaming about what their favorite buildings would look like “in rainbows.” Well, if Frank Gehry’sFondation Louis Vuitton is among your top icons, you’re in luck: conceptual artist Daniel Buren’s newest site-specific installation Observatory of Light paints this modern Parisian landmark in luminous tones, just in time for the warm days of mid-May.
Photograph © Iwan Baan
Buren’s prismatic work is composed of 3,600 pieces of colored glass installed in a checkerboard pattern on the building’s translucent glass sails. It comprises 13 colors, and emphasizes the lyrical interplay of the contemporary art museum’s overlapping forms.
Photographs © Stefan Tuchila
Bernard Arnault, president of the Fondation Louis Vuitton called the work “pertinent and enchanting, the result of a real dialogue with Frank Gehry and his building.”
Photographs © Stefan Tuchila
Gehry’s building opened in October 2014 and drew a vast array of responses from the Parisian public. The building transformed the Bois de Boulogne, a picturesque public park in the city’s 16th arrondissement, a district known for its museums.
Photograph © Iwan Baan
The temporary exhibition opens May 11th — if you’re in Paris, be sure to head west of the city center and check it out!
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