The Infrared Journey — Somewhere in Between

The Louvre Paradox

The Louvre Paradox

The Louvre Paradox

A closer look at the work

The sloping glass surface cuts across the image from the lower left towards the upper right. Its network of struts and panes overlaps with reflected clouds, making surface and view through it difficult to separate. A red-toned palace façade remains visible on the left. Its figures and windows face the repeated grid of the glass. The two structures occupy pictorial space differently: one through sculptural density, the other through a surface that absorbs further images.

The photograph places two modes of visibility side by side. On the stone, the eye can move between distinct details; in the glass, it alternates between supporting structure and reflected sky. Transparency offers no simple clarity here. The permeable surface produces the greatest optical complexity. The cropped pyramid becomes an image within the image, composed of architecture, weather and viewpoint. An apparently fixed architectural view reveals itself as a provisional arrangement of light.

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A photograph of the intended space can help us consider scale and placement.

The work in a space

Scale and spatial presence

Light and limestone
82 × 124 cm

Visualization · Spatial design proposal. The original photograph is inserted unchanged. All sizes share the same room, viewpoint and scale. Presentation and framing are discussed individually.

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Artwork and edition.

Size · height × widthEdition number / edition size + AP
40 × 60 cmEdition 7 + 2 AP
82 × 124 cmEdition 5 + 2 AP
111 × 167 cmEdition 3 + 2 AP

Digital edition

The work on the blockchain.

Ethereum · ERC-1155 · Token 88

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