Since the creation of his “Kiosque des noctambules” for the centenary of the creation of the Paris metro, Jean-Michel Othoniel has regularly been invited to imagine works in public space in dialogue with heritage. We take a look back at five emblematic examples.
the Night owls kiosk, in Paris, 2000
Brushed metal arch and double dome set with more than a thousand pearls and glass cabochons, the Night owls kiosk, inaugurated in October 2000, is Jean-Michel Othoniel’s first public commission. Imagined, while the artist, at the time little known, was still a resident at the Villa Medici in Rome, this dapper belvedere, located on the Place Colette, a stone’s throw from the Comédie-Française, is widely dubbed by Parisians . Both sculpture, “Ornamental madness” and metro entrance (Palais-Royal), the monument celebrates 100 years of the Parisian metro and its architect, Hector Guimard.
The Grove of the Water Theater, in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles, 2014
The suite of fountains created by Jean-Michel Othoniel in the gardens of the Palace of Versailles.
THOMAS GARNIER© 2020 Othoniel / ARS, New York / ADAGP, Paris.
The Grove of the Water Theater, designed by André Le Nôtre between 1671 and 1674, in the park of the Palace of Versailles, was the greatest pride of King Louis XIV. Weary, its fountains, groves and waterfall games, poorly maintained, were finally decimated by the storm of 1999. Following a competition, it is the duo formed by the landscape designer Louis Benech, to whom we owe the redevelopment. of the Tuileries Garden, and Jean-Michel Othoniel who brings it back to life in 2014: the artist creates a series of fountains, arches and circles of golden pearls, inspired by the passion for the Sun King’s dance .
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