Julio Le Parc: Continuel Mobile - Sphère rouge, 2001-2013

Snapshot: Julio Le Parc: Continuel Mobile - Sphère rouge, 2001-2013 at Art Basel in Basel, Unlimited sector. Gallery Bugada & Cargnel, Paris. Official description: Julio Le Parc Continuel Mobile -- Sphère rouge, 2001 - 2013 Red plexiglas, steel threads, aluminium, painted wood Continuel Mobile -- Sphère Rouge, by French-Argentinean artist Julio Le Parc is composed of almost three thousand red translucent square-shaped elements drawing the impressive shape of a 5 meter wide sphere in the air. With a great economy of means, the artist explores the notions of movement and instability. He relies on the reflection of neighboring images and of light in movement on small forms made of Plexiglas, connected simply with strings. Through his immersive practice and by eliminating reference points, he alters our perception of and our relation to the scale of the space. The numerous translucent elements are set into motion by the tiniest change in the air currents. Light is trapped in the structure, multiplied and diffused in every direction. The beams of light are projected throughout the exhibition hall, turning it into a panoptic screen. Initiated in the early sixties, the artist describes the series Continuel Mobile as a major step in his search for an open work of art: "it helped me resolve the problem that preoccupied me: the diversity of situations, in one experience, the notion of movement, the instability and the probability, the outside contingences of the work and the will to move away from the notion of a stable and definitive work." Exhibited (selection) Julio Le Parc, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, February - May 2013 Inauguration, Espacio Cultural Julio Le Parc, Mendoza Publications (selection) Pierre, Arnaud, Julio Le Parc, monograph, Skira Flammarion, 2013, p. 123. More videos on contemporary art, design, architecture: http://vernissage.tv Connect:   / vernissagetv     / vernissagetv   Browse our Archive: http://vernissage.tv/archive/posts/ Find Artists, Designers, Architects: http://vernissage.tv/archive/artists/ Art TV pioneer Vernissage TV provides you with an authentic insight into the world of contemporary fine arts, design and architecture. With its two main series "No Comment" and "Interviews", art tv channel VernissageTV attends opening receptions of exhibitions worldwide, interviews artists, designers, architects. VTV provides art lovers with news, reports and features from the international art scene. VernissageTV: the window to the art world. Das Fenster zur Kunstwelt. La fenêtre sur le monde de l'art. A janela para o mundo da arte. La ventana al mundo del arte. نافذة على عالم الفن. 到艺术世界的窗口。Окно в мир искусства. Since 2005.