Video: Pergola: a striking installation in memory of Claude Monet
2024 Author: Richard Flannagan | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-15 23:55
The founder of impressionism, the famous French artist Claude Monet, lived for a long time in the city of Le Havre, where his family moved as soon as he was five years old. Therefore, it is not surprising that it was in this city that an amazing installation was opened at the Le Havre's Contemporary Art Biennale, created in memory of Mona and based on his bright, colorful landscapes. The installation is called Pergola and reminds blooming wisteria, which often appears in the paintings of the maestro. The authors of the installation, Claude Cormier and Associs Inc., decorated the picturesque gazebo in front of the Le Havre City Hall with huge bunches of multi-colored plastic balls-grapes, which required no more, no less, only 90,000 pieces. As usual with the Impressionists, the balls were painted in five colors, which make up their main palette. Bunches of balls of blue, red and purple flowers favorably set off the fresh greenery of the plants covering the gazebo, and the bright sunlight provided them with an advantageous play of light and shadow, which one wants to admire endlessly.
The visual simplicity of the installation was substantially compensated for by the riot of colors, as well as by the multi-colored, scorchingly hot positive that always carries the works of impressionist artists. An avalanche of emotions and a hurricane of impressions awaited the visitors of the Biennale. You can admire the installation of Pergola in all its glory on the website of the author, Claude Cormier.
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