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(1005) Isabelle Catucci - Monument obelisk Nile sky The missing half - Project Place de la Concorde Paris - Luxor (Tebas)
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About this artwork
The project for ’Monument obelisk Nile sky’ is a proposal to install a sculptural object, in the form of an inverted obelisk, with materials opposite to the originals. The obelisks were initially placed in Egypt as signs for the temples, with reference to sunlight and sky, arranged as portals, with inscriptions about the history of the place. The transposition of one of Luxor’s obelisks to the city of Paris, replaces the meaning of the monument, in a representative square for the French people. In European and American cities, the obelisk was popularized as an individual monument, with symbols linked to power.
In this project, designed for the Place de la Concorde, in Paris, the original obelisk is accompanied by a sculptural object of equal size and shape, but of different materials and position. The new obelisk maintains the European pedestal, is transparent and shows the evaporated water of the Nile River. The dialogues between eternity, civilization and nature in this project are redirected, with other strands of discourses.
note: In Luxor- Egypt, another inverted monument can be installed, with water from the Seine.
Although the project is almost absurd, it is an invitation to think about appropriation, nature, the identity of cities and the replacement of symbols by different cultures.
Description:
1. Watercolor.
2. Map that frames Egypt and France.
3. Map of the Place de la Concorde in Paris
4. Photo: reflection of Nile water
5. Detail of the obelisk top
6. Structural study of the obelisk.
About Isabelle
Researcher in the field of sculpture and ceramics, Catucci develops works that aim to shift the relationship between materiality and spatiality. Interested in the process of signifying objects and the world, she works on several techniques, with the aim of intersecting perceptions about everyday life and nature. Brazilian, currently based in Portugal, where she holds a PhD in Fine Arts. She held several individual and collective exhibitions in Brazil, where she graduated in sculpture with a master’s degree in anthropology, where she investigated the relationship between public art and society. Recently, her works are about of the processes of signification and appraisal of the soil-land-Earth concept in visual arts. Different languages and techniques, such as installation, draws, photos, painting on tiles environmental art, show dystopias and different perceptions about the condition of the land, exploration or ecological issues. The works arise from debates and reflections on possibles futures, contemporary imagination on the planet and earthly living conditions.
Link to Isabelle’s Art Aviso profile HERE
Isabelle was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:
Volume 9
The project for ’Monument obelisk Nile sky’ is a proposal to install a sculptural object, in the form of an inverted obelisk, with materials opposite to the originals. The obelisks were initially placed in Egypt as signs for the temples, with reference to sunlight and sky, arranged as portals, with inscriptions about the history of the place. The transposition of one of Luxor’s obelisks to the city of Paris, replaces the meaning of the monument, in a representative square for the French people. In European and American cities, the obelisk was popularized as an individual monument, with symbols linked to power.
In this project, designed for the Place de la Concorde, in Paris, the original obelisk is accompanied by a sculptural object of equal size and shape, but of different materials and position. The new obelisk maintains the European pedestal, is transparent and shows the evaporated water of the Nile River. The dialogues between eternity, civilization and nature in this project are redirected, with other strands of discourses.
note: In Luxor- Egypt, another inverted monument can be installed, with water from the Seine.
Although the project is almost absurd, it is an invitation to think about appropriation, nature, the identity of cities and the replacement of symbols by different cultures.
Description:
1. Watercolor.
2. Map that frames Egypt and France.
3. Map of the Place de la Concorde in Paris
4. Photo: reflection of Nile water
5. Detail of the obelisk top
6. Structural study of the obelisk.
About Isabelle
Researcher in the field of sculpture and ceramics, Catucci develops works that aim to shift the relationship between materiality and spatiality. Interested in the process of signifying objects and the world, she works on several techniques, with the aim of intersecting perceptions about everyday life and nature. Brazilian, currently based in Portugal, where she holds a PhD in Fine Arts. She held several individual and collective exhibitions in Brazil, where she graduated in sculpture with a master’s degree in anthropology, where she investigated the relationship between public art and society. Recently, her works are about of the processes of signification and appraisal of the soil-land-Earth concept in visual arts. Different languages and techniques, such as installation, draws, photos, painting on tiles environmental art, show dystopias and different perceptions about the condition of the land, exploration or ecological issues. The works arise from debates and reflections on possibles futures, contemporary imagination on the planet and earthly living conditions.
Link to Isabelle’s Art Aviso profile HERE
Isabelle was provided with the following page from Newnes’ Pictorial Knowledge Encyclopedia:
Volume 9
Early Civilisations
Plate 1-Egypt
Artist:
Isabelle CatucciMedium:
Project of installation / watercolor and references maps. Printed.Dimensions:
A4Price:
100 EUR