Marvelous Objects
Make a Surrealist Composition
Hirshhorn Museum
2015
ClientHirshhorn Museum
LocationWashington DC, USA
DateOct. 2015 – March 2016
Size1 000 m2
Budget25 K€
ScopeConcept, design and graphics
Project leaderCarole Pfendler, Marie Chatel
Melissa Chiu, director of the Hirshhorn Museum, invited Studio Adrien Gardère to conceive and design two public installations as a counterpart of the Marvelous Objects Surrealists sculptures exhibition curated by Valerie Fletcher.
The first one — inspired by Max Ernst surrealist collages — using a wall coated with a metallic paint, invited visitors of all ages to create their own collage compositions from a set of printed magnets designed by the Studio.
The second one — inspired by American artist Man Ray’s spontaneous photographs made without a camera by placing items on light-sensitive paper and briefly exposing them to light — invited visitors of all ages to create their own rayograph from a variety of objects, placing them on a glass-topped table which would then be projected on the opposite wall.
The Surrealists called these: experiencing the marvelous.
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ClientHirshhorn Museum
LocationWashington DC, USA
DateOct. 2015 – March 2016
Size1 000 m2
Budget25 K€
ScopeConcept, design and graphics
Project leaderCarole Pfendler, Marie Chatel