PARIS ¨C This year, Paris has had a little bit of a Japanese makeover. To celebrate the 160th anniversary of diplomatic ties between France and Japan, the capital is hosting Japonismes 2018: Les Ames en Resonance, a large-scale initiative running through February 2019 involving numerous exhibitions and events promoting Japanese art and design, spread across many of the city¡¯s top institutions.
Among the high-profile works involved, which include screenings of films, stage performances, art installations and showcases of historical works, visual artist Kohei Nawa¡¯s monumental sculpture ¡°Throne¡± has one of the most prestigious spots in Paris: the Louvre.
¡°I see the location as a connecting portal of modern lifestyles and the past, says Nawa, the Kyoto-based artist whose 10.4-meter-tall work is installed under I.M. Pei¡¯s 1989 glass pyramid in the Louvre¡¯s main courtyard. ¡°From the street level, you enter the pyramid and (to get to the museum) you descend to where history lives.¡±
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