photograph by André Morin
A twisted entanglement of tree branches appears to grow organically from the beams of Paris’ Palais de Tokyo museum in this installation by Brazilian artist Henrique Oliveira. Designed by Henrique Oliveira to look like an impossibly tangled Gordian Knot, the Baitogogo sculpture is installed within an exhibition space at Palais de Tokyo as a mass of tree-like plywood branches.
photograph by André Morin
“Creating a spectacular and invasive Gordian Knot, Henrique Oliveira plays with Palais de Tokyo’s architecture, allowing a work that combines the vegetal and the organic,” said the exhibition curators.
photograph by André Morin
An existing grid of columns and beams appears to morph into the twisted branches. “Through a form of architectural anthropomorphism, Henrique Oliveira reveals the structure of the building,” added the curators.
photograph by André Morin
The large installation was created from reclaimed tapumes – a plywood material traditionally used in Brazilian towns to construct the hoardings around construction sites. Oliveria collects the discarded tapumes from the streets of São Paulo, where he both lives and works.
photograph by André Morin
The veneer-like strips were bent into shape and nailed together to form the installation’s branches. Further wooden veneers were fixed to the structure to give it a bark-like texture and appearance.
The Baitogogo exhibition is open at the Palais de Tokyo museum in Paris until 29th September 2013. Photographs are courtesy of Henrique Oliveira.
Source: http://www.dezeen.com/2013/08/09/baitogogo-by-henrique-oliveira-at-palais-de-tokyo/
