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At a glance
30–45 minutes
Raymond Hains looks at Paris as found material — signs, architecture, words and urban fragments becoming art through wit and appropriation.
Why go
A project extending through the Fondation Cartier’s new Palais-Royal context, linking Hains’ long fascination with the city, visual culture and the Louvre district itself.
You'll see
Raymond Hains · Nouveau Réalisme · Urban imagery · Appropriation · Photography · Signs
Don't miss
Hains’ photographs of the Grand Louvre construction site and the playful associations around the different meanings of “Cartier.”
Artlovers Tip
Walk around Palais-Royal afterwards; the surrounding city is almost an extension of Hains’ way of seeing.
Inside the exhibition
Meet the artist
Key Movements
Conceptual ArtContemporary Art
Medium
Photography
Genre
Urban scene
Description
Created around the centenary of Hains’ birth, the project revisits his fascination with the Grand Louvre construction site, signage, names and unexpected visual-verbal associations. Paris itself becomes part archive, part artwork.
Raymond Hains (1926–2005) was a French artist associated with Nouveau Réalisme, famous for transforming torn posters, urban signage and linguistic coincidences into art.
Exhibition
Raymond Hains — L’œuvre en chantier. Du Grand Louvre aux 3 Cartier
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