A century of light and movement 1913-2013
Following the style of the exhibition Soleil Froid at Palais de Tokyo, in the 4000 m2 area of Grand Palais, Paris, the exhibition Dynamo reveals how, over the last fifteen years, many artists have explored the notions of vision, space, light, structure and movement in their work, often encouraging visitors to take an active role in their installations: notable examples include the changing chromatic atmospheres of Olafur Eliasson and Ann Veronica Janssens, the vibrating structures and kaleidoscopic mirrors of Jeppe Hein and Anish Kapoor, and the in situ creations of Felice Varini.
About the exhibition the editors of Le Monde wrote: “This circle is it a circle or a square? Where are the top and bottom? This vacuum is it deep or narrow? I saw? What did I see? Beyond this exhibition there is the desire to disrupt perception and make people aware viewers of the fragility of their convictions and their perception – and of their psychic system. The exhibition juxtaposes disruptive devices where it is often necessary to interact with. But the aim is also to provide the genealogy of these artists. Or reconcile these two requirements is difficult, precisely because of the intensity of the proposed experiments. Sensory impact and scholarly analysis does not necessarily go together. We therefore recommend to visit twice the Grand Palais”.
by Ingrid Melano
