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A diverse collection of life-size candles occupies the renovated rotunda of in Paris, where it will spend the fall and winter slowly melting into pools of wax. The realistic sculptures are part of Untitled (2011), a redesigned installation by Swiss artist ()—see some of the original works on —and were lit on the first day of the exhibition. Now partially melted, the ephemeral works are a “monument to impermanence, transformation, the passage of time, metamorphosis, and creative destruction,” says.
At the center of the installation is an exacting replica of Giambologna’s marble “” (1579-1582), with an effigy of Fischer’s friend and fellow artist nearby. The figurative works are surrounded by seven chairs, four of which are modeled after seats from Mali, Ghana, Burkina Faso, and Ethiopia that are part of the collection at . Paired with an airline bench, rolling office chair, and mass-produced garden seat, the eclectic array speaks to the ongoing effects of colonization and globalization.
Untitled (2011) will burn daily through December 31, 2021, or until the wicks disintegrate. (via )
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