Paola Pivi's monumental installation, 'Untitled (project for Echigo-Tsumari),' features a vibrant, 20-meter inflatable ladder positioned outside the Grand Palais as part of the 'Euphoria: Art is in the Air' exhibition. This surreal sculpture, on view until 2026, disrupts the traditional aesthetics of the historic venue, provoking curiosity and emotional elevation rather than a literal climb. By transforming everyday objects into larger-than-life figures, Pivi invites viewers to engage with art in unexpected ways, prompting a reconciliation of absurdity and imagination.
Pivi's intervention, playful and jarring, interrupts the classical symmetry of the space, presenting a surreal prop that invites metaphorical ascent.
The inflatable ladder reemerges in Paris, encouraging viewers to elevate emotionally, not physically, inviting a drift beyond strictures of logic.
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