Installation by Laurel Parker & Paul Chamard

Name: Instalación de Laurel Parker & Paul Chamard
Start: 2022-09-17T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature - Hôtels de Guénégaud et de Mongelas

Japan and France have the particularity of having both a history of craftsmanship strongly linked to paper. The duo of artists questions and creates around different uses.

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

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This installation recreates a traditional Japanese space, inspired by the staging of museums and heritage sites, as well as theatres and films. Carried by thin wooden frames, each element is composed of Japanese paper (washi), processed according to traditional techniques. Part of their experience in Japan is found in these fine and fragile objects: Tetra Pak packaging, clothing, partitions, motifs inspired by the Japanese exterior.

About the location

Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature - Hôtels de Guénégaud et de Mongelas

62 rue des Archives 75003 Paris

Paris
Île-de-France

By creating the Musée et le club de la Chasse et de la Nature within the François Sommer Foundation, patrons François and Jacqueline Sommer wanted to offer a unique experience of change of scenery. They wanted the arrangement of their collections of works of art, hunting weapons and naturalized animals to help revive one of the most prestigious buildings in the Marais, the Hotel de Guénégaud, by evoking the warm atmosphere of a collector’s residence. The original collections have been reorganized around themes such as the relationship of man to the wild animal and its evolution or the image of hunting. But contrary to a certain contemporary trend, the museum is above all a place of emotion. By juxtaposing contemporary art and scientific collections, this modern cabinet of curiosities questions the contours of a real or fantasized nature. Losing his bearings, the visitor is kept alert, as can be a hunter in the forest. Strange encounters occur along the way: a talking boar, a Chardin ca