Takashi Murakami at the Palace of Versailles
After the doors wide open to director Sofia Coppola ("Marie Antoinette", 2006) and artists Jeff Koons (2008) and Xavier Veilhan (2009), the Palace of Versailles played host to the works of Japanese Takashi Murakami.
"Murakami Versailles", photographs by Cedric Delsaux Editions Xavier Barral, Versailles, 2010
Between September 14 and December 12, 2010, the halls and gardens Château de Versailles revived the pomp and grandeur of Louis XIV with the apparatus of the sculptures designed by Takashi Murakami - insisting critics and admirers - the image of "Sun King".
Takashi Murakami photographed at Versailles "Oval Buddha Gold" (2007/10), 09.09.2010
Versailles Hall of Mirrors
Takashi Murakami, "Flower Matango" 2001/06 fotografia Pierre Verdy / AFP 09.09.2010
Versailles, Le Salon de Venus
Takashi Murakami, "Kaikai", 2000 fotografia Pierre Verdy / AFP 09.09.2010
Versailles, Le Salon d'Hercule
Takashi Murakami Versailles Salon of War
Takashi Murakami, "Miss KO2", 1997 Versailles, Le Salon de Mars
Takashi Murakami, "Jellyfish Eyes: Saki, Max & Shimon Tatsuya", 2004, fotografia Christophe Ena / AP, 09.09.2010
Versailles, Le Salon de l'Abondance
Takashi Murakami, "Silver Oval Buddha" 2008 declared "World Heritage" by UNESCO in 1979, the Palace of Versailles was built by Louis XIV in the early seventeenth century, based on the hunting lodge of his predecessor, under the direction of the architect Louis Le ford, succeeding him in office the architect Jules Hardouin-Mansart.
Parc du Château de Versailles
Takashi Murakami's Oval Buddha Gold ", 2007/10 photo by Christophe Ena / AP, 09.09.2010
is impossible to speak of the grandeur of the Park and Palace of Versailles without mentioning the names of the painter Charles Le Brun, responsible for decorating the halls, and André Le Nôtre, the gardener who created the famous "gardens in the French," introducing symmetrical platforms adorned with ornamental fountains and statues.
Takashi Murakami, Palace of Versailles, 09.09.2010 Sources: here , here, here and here.
André Le Nôtre, gardener, 1613-1700
Charles Le Brun, painter, 1619-1690
Jules Hardouin-Mansart, architect, 1646-1708
Louis Le Vau, architect, 1612-1670
Takashi Murakami, artist, 1962
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