An allegory of excessive empires, Huang Yong Ping’s Monumenta
Contemporary Art | For Monumenta, the Chinese artist Huang Young Ping has created an installation highlighting the notion of empires – plural – in the form of a monumental allegory.
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Huang Yong Ping, Empires - Monumenta 2016, Grand Palais, Paris
© ADAGP Huang Yong Ping / Photo. Fabrice Seixas / Courtesy the artist; kamel mennour, Paris and Réunion des musées nationaux – Grand Palais
Empires exhibition is conceived for the 4,900 m2 floor of the Grand Palais, with 305 storage containers stacked 17 m high structuring the space to produce the colorful, sculptural impression of visiting one of the world’s major ports. In the middle of this massive accumulation are two components symbolizing the Arc de Triomphe : a 28.7 m gigantic portable crane next to a structural element crowned with an enormous 3 ton, 5 m high version of Napoleon’s bicorn hat. A 23 m long, 133-ton sculpture of a […]
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