Jenny Holzer J’ai vu
Opublikowane przez Musée d'Orsay
- From wtorek, października 20 to niedziela, lutego 21, 2027
- 09:30-18:00
- Musée d'Orsay Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 75007 Paris, Francja
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In the former Gare d’Orsay railway station, moving phrases pass from one room to another. Jenny Holzer has designed for the museum a luminous installation that traverses four collection rooms, up to Courbet’s room. The texts come from artists’ letters, narratives, and nineteenth-century political writings. By making them follow the same path as visitors, Holzer makes other voices heard amid the paintings.
On the ground floor, the words change pace. Carved on benches and stone pedestals, they invite visitors to stop and read them. Holzer chose the materials by observing the pedestals of the museum’s sculptures. A letter from Claude Monet to Théodore Duret, dated 1884, gives an idea of the work carried out in the archives. Alongside this artists’ correspondence, other texts recall the Paris Commune, the strikes, or life in the city transformed by Haussmann.
In the history painting room, Holzer gathers works devoted to war and introduces her own paintings there, which refer to more recent conflicts. By the Seine, light reflects off surfaces of gold leaf, platinum, or palladium. Entire passages are obscured there. After the phrases that had scrolled through the rooms, the eye must linger here on what remains legible and on what has been erased.
Practical information
- Thursday late opening from 9:30 a.m. to 9:45 p.m.
- Closed on Mondays and December 25.
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Musée d'Orsay
Esplanade Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, 75007 Paris, Francja