The Louvre Lens (a satellite of the Louvre Museum in the Northern French town of Lens) displays its main collection in one enormous 'grande galerie', more than 120m long. The art is arranged in slices along a timeline, so that as you move through the space you moved through the history of art. What with the white plinths, the strict geometry and the reflective walls, it's quite an effect …
But there's another effect, too. As you walk through the gallery, almost all of the sculpture is facing you -
which means that if you happen, like Orpheus, to look back - you see a sea of naked bottoms.
Evidence of the law of unintended consequences or a deliberate decision? I'm not sure which would please me more, but these photos still make me laugh.
But there's another effect, too. As you walk through the gallery, almost all of the sculpture is facing you -
which means that if you happen, like Orpheus, to look back - you see a sea of naked bottoms.
Evidence of the law of unintended consequences or a deliberate decision? I'm not sure which would please me more, but these photos still make me laugh.
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