Jean-Michel Othoniel took over the museum of the Petit Palais and
its garden. This was the artist’s biggest solo show in Paris since his
retrospective My Way at the Centre Pompidou in 2011.
With more than 70 new artworks, Othoniel has
invented “The Narcissus Theorem,” about a man-flower who, in
reflecting himself, reflects the world around him. Othoniel weaves a web of unreality, enchantment, illusion and liberation
of the imagination. Rivers of blue bricks, Lotus, Necklaces,
Crown of the Night, Wild Knots, and Precious Stonewall are hidden in
the architecture, placed on the water mirrors of the pools, hanging
from trees; new works dialogue with the architecture of the Petit
Palais and the golds go its garden.
This exhibition is a message of opening, freely given to the public.