This is a guide/catalogue to accompany Huang Yong Ping's exhibition for Monumenta 2016 at Grand Palais, Paris. 'Empires is an installation especially developed for Monumenta. It forms a landscape, made up of eight mounds of freight containers, a metal snake suspended from a crane that unfurls like mist between mountains, and a bicorne hat set on an arch directly inspired by the one worn by Napoleon at the Battle of Eylau. The containers evoke globalization, as vehicles for the circulation of wealth. The bicorne evokes the endless power struggles that drive the world and all the industrialists, politicians, military men and tyrants who long to wear that famous hat. The snake slithering over the work, mouth wide open, appears to jeopardize the ambition of these powers, while the loop that it forms symbolizes the infinite nature of this cycle of glory and destruction. The composition of Empires echoes the structure of the nave and its iron arches, late testaments to the profound transformations brought about by the industrial revolution. Just as certain Impressionists did before him, the artist describes a present-day economic landscape, while showing, from a non-judgemental perspective, how modern times obey the same laws as the empires before them, ineluctably governed by the same patterns of expansion and decadence.' - from the organiser

Text in French, with English translations at the back. Includes biographical notes on the artist.

Access level

Onsite

Location code
MON.HYP
Language

English, 

French

Publication/Creation date

2016

No of pages

79

ISBN / ISSN

9782711863471

No of copies

1

Content type

artist monograph, 

catalogue

Chapter headings

Empires - Jean de LOISY

À Propos D'Empires / Regarding Empires

- Jean de LOISY, Pascal LAMY

Empires Oeuvres Clés / Empires Key Works

- Axelle BLANC

Citations Commentées / Key Concepts

- Axelle BLANC

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Huang Yong Ping: Empires - Monumenta 2016