JR. La Caverne du Pont Neuf
Experience the making of JR’s La Caverne du Pont Neuf through behind-the-scenes shots and preparatory material. This book presents La Caverne from inception to installation, including earlier works featuring caves and trompe l’oeil as well as an in-depth interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist about the visual references for this monumental installation.
“He encontrado una manera de usar los muros para unirnos.”
JR. La Caverne du Pont Neuf
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La fabulosa y efímera transformación del “puente del pueblo” de París detrás de las cámaras
A bridge becomes a mountain. Paper turns into rock. Paris discovers a hidden cave in the middle of the Seine.
Trace the conception and creation of JR’s monumental installation La Caverne du Pont Neuf, a transformative work that reimagines the historic bridge as a vast rocky grotto. Freely accessible to the city’s citizens and visitors alike, but only fleetingly. Conceived as a tribute to Christo and Jeanne-Claude on the 40th anniversary of The Pont Neuf Wrapped, the project continues JR’s exploration of public art as a shared, democratic experience.
Through preparatory sketches, collages, installation photography, and behind-the-scenes documentation, the book reveals how the landmark was transformed into an uncanny geological fantasy. The inclusion of earlier works featuring caves, trompe l’oeil, and architectural illusion situates this latest endeavor within JR’s headline-grabbing career. An interview conducted by Hans Ulrich Obrist with JR, Christo’s nephew and project director Vladimir Yavachev, and Thomas Bangalter of Daft Punk explores artistic freedom, ambition, and the challenge of realizing large-scale public works outside traditional systems of sponsorship and control.
Ephemeral by nature, La Caverne du Pont Neuf is destined to disappear. This volume preserves the intertwined traces of its making while capturing the larger idea at the heart of JR’s work: that art can interrupt the day-to-day, reshape collective memory, and momentarily alter the way we see the world.
Sobre el artista
French artist JR creates monumental public art projects that inspire passersby to ask questions and confront their own perceptions. After his first major project Portrait of a Generation (2004-06), which challenged stereotypes of Parisian suburban youth, he began working internationally. Whether it be pasting the faces of Israeli and Palestinian people on both sides of the Separation Wall (2007), the eyes of women on train cars in Kibera, Kenya (2009), or a giant toddler peeking over the US-Mexico border fence (2017), JR’s larger-than-life installations amplify the stories of everyday people and foster dialogue.
Sobre el autor
Hans Ulrich Obrist es el director artístico de Serpentine Galleries, en Londres. Antes de eso, fue conservador del Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Desde su primera exposición, World Soup (The Kitchen Show), en 1991, ha comisariado más de 300 muestras.
JR. La Caverne du Pont Neuf
Tapa blanda con solapas, 25 x 34.5 cm, 1.52 kg, 240 páginasISBN 978-3-7544-0728-8
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