{"title":"Jean-Michel Othoniel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJean-Michel Othoniel\u003c\/strong\u003e invites readers into a world where art and symbolism intertwine. His works, such as \u003cem\u003eNarcissus Theorem\u003c\/em\u003e, explore the delicate balance between form and meaning, reflecting on contemporary culture through a lens of visual and poetic expression.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted firmly in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, Othoniel's books offer thoughtful meditations on creativity and perception, appealing to those with an interest in the interplay of art, mythology, and modern aesthetics.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"narcissus-theorem-by-christophe-leribault-9782330156459","title":"Narcissus Theorem","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom September 2021, Jean-Michel Othoniel will be taking over the whole of the Petit Palais and its garden. It will be the biggest exhibition devoted to the artist in Paris since the \u003ci\u003eMy Way\u003c\/i\u003e retrospective at the Centre Pompidou in 2011.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Petit Palais itself and its history will provide the running thread of the exhibition, the works entering into a dialogue with the architecture of the building and its garden. For the occasion, Othoniel has come up with the \u003ci\u003eNarcissus Theorem\u003c\/i\u003e focusing on the man of the beautiful flower who in his own reflection also reflects the world around him.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNarcissism is not always a neurosis and can play a positive role in aesthetic creation. And sublimation is not always the negation of desire but can be a means of engaging with an ideal. Whereupon Narcissus no longer says 'I love myself as I am' but rather 'I am as I love myself'. Featuring over 70 new works, the \u003ci\u003eNarcissus Theorem\u003c\/i\u003e exhibition weaves the artist's spell once again and explores the theory of reflections that he has been developing for nearly a decade in conjunction with the Mexican mathematician Aubin Arroyo, imbuing his recurring themes with a fresh and visionary meaning in the world of today. The exhibition welcomes us with a river of a thousand shimmering blue bricks flowing down the main staircase of the Petit Palais, indicating the start of the path that we will be following.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by the sumptuous architectural flourishes of the Petit Palais and the flowers of its garden, the artist has installed some twenty new works: mirrored pieces that reflect the frescoes of the peristyle painted by Paul Baudoüin, monumental water lilies placed on the mirrors of the water basins with their blue mosaics, gold necklaces attached to the branches of trees from the Orient, and pearls niched in the peristyle. The Crown of the Night comes from a forest in northern Europe and for a long time this sculpture was hidden beneath the 300-year-old oaks of a cathedral-like forest. And now, like a coloured glass spider, it majestically fills the dome of the palace's northern staircase.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNarcissus's grotto awaits us at the foot of the staircase, where we find the whole universe of reflections so central to Othoniel's art and astutely orchestrated by Aubin Arroyo, including the two-tone Precious Stonewall and monochrome triptychs. The wild knots created over the course of nearly a decade are like Borromean rings in which we discover our own reflections and which reflect themselves in an endless \u003ci\u003emise en abyme\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487402836204,"sku":"9782330156459","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/2020dd4025c6bb19938a4c0c5e58abab.jpg?v=1775777769"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/jean-michel-othoniel.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}