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Vasarely mosaic, total view on Flickr - by erich289
Vasarely mosaic, detail on Flickr - by erich289
Vasarely-Monaco on Flickr - by toog
The large-scale complex of the Congress Center (called Les Spélugues)
was opened in 1978. The boulevard Louis II runs under the massive
building which has been constructed of elements on a hexagonal plan and
includes the 636-room Hotel “Loews” and 100 apartments. On the highest
roof-level, of which there is an excellent view from the terrace. There
is a striking mosaic composed of colored tiles, which was designed in
1979 by Victor Vasarély and has the title “Hexagrace - Le Ciel, la Mer,
la Terre”. The Fondation Vasarély in Aix-en-Provence was responsible
for its execution. planetware.com
Victor Vasarely, Masterworks Fine Art
Who was Victor Vasarely?
Victor Vasarely (Vásárhelyi Győző) (9 April 1906, Pécs - 15 March 1997, Paris) was a French Hungarian-born artist often acclaimed as the father of Op-art. He was a very talented artist.
Working as a graphic artist in the 1930s he created what is considered the first Op-art piece — Zebra, consisting of curving black and white stripes, indicating the direction his work would take. Over the next two decades, Vasarely developed his style of geometric abstract art. His work won his international renown and he received 4 prestigious prizes. He died in Paris in 1997.
mosaic sculpture, originally uploaded by ciglieggia.
La Mosaïque Sculpture (Fountain)
Date: 1981
Artiste: Michel Deverne
Art integrated into Architecture, is the creed of Michel Deverne, born in 1927.
He conceived for La Defense the “Reliefs of the room of exchanges of the RER” with the sculptural decoration of the ventilation chimneys, designed by Andre-Prothin. The mosaic which accompanies the buildings by the Mirrors (1981) is also a beautiful illustration of the mixture between art and town planning: a surface of 3000 m2, creating an aesthetic effect of four cylindrical volumes intended to mask the flues ventilating, the exits of elevators and carparks becoming a sculptural work of art.
Where is La Défense?
La Défense is a major business district for the city of Paris (French:”Ville de Paris”), bordering Neuilly-sur-Seine, west of the city proper. It is centred on an ovular loop of roadway straddling the Hauts-de-Seine département municipalities of Nanterre, Courbevoie and Puteaux. The district is at the westernmost extremity of Paris’ Historical Axis, which commences at the Louvre in the centre of Paris and crosses the Champs-Élysées and the Arc de Triomphe.
Around its Grande Arche and esplanade (”le Parvis”) centre, this district holds many of the Paris urban area’s tallest high-rises: with its 3.5 million m² of office space, La Défense is the largest business district in Europe.
La Défense - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
sculpture mosaic detail, originally uploaded by ciglieggia.
vitreous & ceramic tile mosaic detail, originally uploaded by ciglieggia.
vitreous & ceramic tile mosaic detail, originally uploaded by ciglieggia.
Who is Michel Deverne?
DEVERNE Michel
Born in 1927, Deverne is a contemporary sculptor whose many achievements in Paris,France reveal his drive to weave a close link between architecture and the visual arts. His sculptures of steel, brass, aluminium as well as enamelled metal & tile decorations illustrate the diversity of his approach, the breadth of his ideas and the meticulousness of his work.
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