LE CYCLOPE of Fontainebleau
Sculpture by Jean Tinguely and Niki de Saint Phalle, France
A strange apparition awaits the visitor in the midst of this forest: a massive twenty-two-metre high construction by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely, made of three hundred tons of metal. It rises like a totem in the form of a huge cyclopean head sparkling with mirrors and traversed with stairways, footbridges and mezzanines that enable the visitor to explore this enchanting world. On the outside, a giant ear, a moving eye inlaid like a diamond in the middle of the forehead, and a fountain gushing out of the mouth and running down the tongue like a waterslide. On the inside, a riveting clutter of riotous machines with gears made from scrap metal spinning, colliding, and clattering. Le Cyclop is a "museum" of Tinguely's mechanical universe and a monument of contemporary art.
Work on Le Cyclop began in 1969. It took ten years to make the monumental sculpture and ten years to complete the installation. Jean Tinguely invited fifteen artists to join him in the building of this great adventure. Inside the sculpture the visitor will discover works by Niki de Saint Phalle, Daniel Spoerri, Arman, César, Jean-Pierre Raynaud, Eva Aeppli Jesus Raphael Soto, Bernhard Luginbühl, Seppi Imhof, Rico Weber, Larry Rivers, Philippe Bouveret, Pierre Marie Lejeune...
A strange apparition awaits the visitor in the midst of this forest: a massive twenty-two-metre high construction by Swiss sculptor Jean Tinguely, made of three hundred tons of metal. It rises like a totem in the form of a huge cyclopean head sparkling with mirrors and traversed with stairways, footbridges and mezzanines that enable the visitor to explore this enchanting world. On the outside, a giant ear, a moving eye inlaid like a diamond in the middle of the forehead, and a fountain gushing out of the mouth and running down the tongue like a waterslide. On the inside, a riveting clutter of riotous machines with gears made from scrap metal spinning, colliding, and clattering. Le Cyclop is a "museum" of Tinguely's mechanical universe and a monument of contemporary art.
Work on Le Cyclop began in 1969. It took ten years to make the monumental sculpture and ten years to complete the installation. Jean Tinguely invited fifteen artists to join him in the building of this great adventure. Inside the sculpture the visitor will discover works by Niki de Saint Phalle, Daniel Spoerri, Arman, César, Jean-Pierre Raynaud, Eva Aeppli Jesus Raphael Soto, Bernhard Luginbühl, Seppi Imhof, Rico Weber, Larry Rivers, Philippe Bouveret, Pierre Marie Lejeune...
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