Lang/Baumann
From April 12 to June 9, 2019, Galeries Lafayette invites the Swiss artist duo Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann to present an original installation in the Galerie des Galeries, located on the 1st floor of the Paris Haussmann department store.
From April 12 to June 9, 2019, Galeries Lafayette invite Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann, the duo of Swiss artists to present an original installation in Galerie des Galeries, located on the 1st floor of the department store.
The in-situ intervention Beautiful Tube #6 underlines the angular architecture of the space as it proposes a brand new experience of wandering to its visitors. Acting as a mise en abyme of Galerie des Galeries, this tube-like structure lengthens the tunnel situated at the entrance of the exhibition space. Seen from the outside, this plain and imposing micro-architecture renews the perception one has of the place. From the inside, the visitors are confronted with an artwork which unsettles our landmarks as it turns into a site for exploration and contemplation.
The elliptical and geometric patterns which alternate throughout the tunnel are inspired from the cupola of the department store, while their vivid colors contrast with the sobriety of its external aspect.
lang/baumann
Sabina Lang (born in 1972) and Daniel Baumann (born in 1967) have been working together since 1990.
Their work is characterized by the realization of in-situ installations, especially conceived for the places they invest: exhibition and public spaces, architectures, urban and rural settings. Their work is ambivalent for it both merges with and reveals the particularities of the sites it occupies. Lang/Baumann’s interventions, implemented with different media such as sculpture, painting or inflatable structures, question the nature of the places through which we go as they unsettle our expectations and sense of perception. The duo of artists enables one to look with a brand new gaze at the places they revisit.
Their most striking projects include Hotel Everland – a hotel room temporary set on the rooftop of Palais de Tokyo, from 2007 to 2009 –, Up #3 – a permanent work inaugurated in 2017 on the occasion of Un Été au Havre –, and Street Painting #10 made on the occasion of FIAC 2018. In 2019, they present Beautiful View #1 in the city of Nanterre; a small-scale grandstand positioned twenty-two meters above the ground level.
Objects
Kids workshops
For the exhibition, the Galerie des Galeries proposed a cycle of workshops for children, dedicated to experimentation and creation around architecture and patterns.
For children from 6 years old
Saturday April 27: graphic poster
After a visit to the installation, the children will invent a geometric pattern to create a poster
graphic and colorful.
Sunday May 12: arch pop-up
Children will imagine an architectural element made of paper that unfolds in space.
Saturday May 25: woven geometry
For this third workshop, participants will work on weaving with the colors of the installation,
on a circular shape reminiscent of the dome.
With family, from 3 and 6 years old
Saturday May 18: maxi frieze
The children will create a collective frieze by painting with their hands. This family workshop will awaken the youngest to observation and painting.