Jardin d'émail

Jardin d'émail
English: Enamel Garden
Jardin d'émail at Art garden Hoge Veluwe Holland. Butterfly statue from Jean Dubuffet in the Jardin d'émail (1974)
ArtistJean Dubuffet
Year1968 (1968)
MediumConcrete, glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin, polyurethane and paint
SubjectAbstract art
Dimensions8 m (26 ft) cm × 20 m (66 ft) cm × 30 m (98 ft) cm (?? × ?? × ??)
ConditionRestored in 2020
LocationKröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
Coordinates52°05′44″N 5°49′17″E / 52.095556°N 5.821389°E / 52.095556; 5.821389
OwnerKröller-Müller Museum

Jardin d'émail (1968-1974) also known as Enamel garden is an outdoor sculpture in the Kröller-Müller Museum in Otterlo, The Netherlands.[1] The sculpture was created by artist Jean Dubuffet. The artwork was designed for the Kröller-Müller Museum.

History

From 1968-1974 artist Jean Dubuffet completed the Jardin d'émail sculpture. In English the work is called Enamel garden.[2] The materials used in the work include: Concrete, glass fiber reinforced epoxy resin, polyurethane and paint. It is a large sculpture which is billed as: "A work of art that you can touch, that you can walk through, in which you are even allowed to play!". The dimensions of the work are 8 m (26 ft) x 20 m (66 ft) x 30 m (98 ft). The artwork was designed specifically for the Kröller-Müller Museum.[1]

In 2020 the sculpture was closed while it underwent a restoration.[3] The surface of the artwork was in poor condition which necessitated the "complete removal of its painted surface and innovative planning for the precise replication". Care was taken to follow the artist's original paint scheme and pattern.[4] The restoration process made use of photogrammetry (3D imaging technique that uses photographs to make 3D models) to reproduce the artist Hand-painted markings on what was a very large surface area.[5]

Design

The piece is designed with a stark white color interspersed with jagged black lines. Visitors can walk on the surfaces of the sculpture and interact with it.[1] ARTnews magazine describes it as "an immersive and interactive environment".[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Jardin d'émail, 1974". krollermuller. Kröller-Müller Museum. Archived from the original on 10 June 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Jardin d'émail / Enamel garden / 1968-1974 / Dubuffet, Jean". University of Michigan Library. University of Michigan. Archived from the original on 3 March 2023. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  3. ^ a b Selvin, Claire (3 September 2020). "Jean Dubuffet's Limitless Imagination: Why One of the Artist's Ambitious Environments Is Being Newly Fabricated". ARTnews. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  4. ^ Nagy, Eleonora E.; Lippincott, Alfred; Lippincott, Donald; Chasse, Jamie; Prosser, Roseann (9 May 2022). "The Treatment of a Large Painted Outdoor Sculpture: Kiosque l'évidé (1970) 1984, by Jean Dubuffet". Journal of the American Institute for Conservation: 1–30. doi:10.1080/01971360.2022.2031456. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Future Talks 019 Photogrammetry and Painted Outdoor Sculpture: Assessing Jean Dubuffette's 'Jardin D'email". dnstdm. Design Museum. Archived from the original on 9 December 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
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