Icelander to compose an ‘ode to the Sun King’
The famous Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles. Photo: Myrabella / Wikimedia Commons, via Wikimedia Commons
Danish-Icelandic artist Ólafur Elíasson has been hired by France’s stunning Palace of Versailles to set up an exhibition dedicated to Louis XIV – the ‘Sun King’ – this summer.
On the back of several other successful exhibitions on French soil, Elíasson promises a combination of indoor and outdoor delights in his new Versailles project.
“I would like to use the water in the gardens, play ‘gardener’ myself and use light – as I always do in my work,” the artist tells French new website Le Figaro.
“Inside, I think my work will take me in the direction of Baroque, Baroque [Vienna, see below], but I don’t intend simply to make a copy. Everything must be enlarged, given the scale of Versailles!”
The full Le Figaro interview with Elíasson can be found here (link in French).
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Elíasson on his Cirkelbroen bridge in Copenhagen. Photo: Søren Svendsen
