Majestic, a major new public sculpture by Michel de Broin, is a satellite-shaped structure constructed from authentic New Orleans street lamps that is illuminated at night. It was produced and constructed entirely in New Orleans with the assistance of local artisans, using street lamp poles and fixtures that were damaged and displaced post-Katrina.
Majestic is located in downtown New Orleans, in the Central Business District, on a vacant lot at Common Street and South Rampart Street, not far from the French Quarter and will be illuminated each evening.
About Michel de Broin
Michel de Broin is an internationally acclaimed artist, and was the recipient of the 2007 Sobey Art Award. He has exhibited extensively in Europe and North America, including exhibitions at the Musée nationale du Québec, the Museum Tinguely, Basel, MAC/VAL, Paris and the National Gallery of Canada. He has produced numerous public artworks and his work is included in major collections such as that of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montreal. His sculptural installations and interventions are at once playful and critically engaged, evoking both visceral and intellectual responses.
Michel de Broin
Majestic at Prospect.2 New Orleans
1013 Common Street (at South Rampart Street)
Press Previews: October 20 and 21, 2011
Public Opening: October 22, 2011
For more information on the work of Michel de Broin:
www.micheldebroin.org
For more information on Prospect.2 New Orleans:
www.prospectneworleans.org |
