With his much-anticipated collaboration with Rimowa launching June 13, multi-disciplinary LA-based contemporary artist Alex Israel unveiled his newest exhibition sponsored by the brand at the MAMO Arts Center in Marseille.
Set at the very top of the Cité Radieuse, Le Corbusier’s architectural masterpiece, and following solo shows of artists Xavier Veilhan, Daniel Buren, and Dan Graham, Israel’s site-specific works were drawn directly from Tim Burton’s 1989 film, a movie that he had been eager to incorporate into his projects for some time. For the exhibition, Israel borrowed a pair of props from the original movie, presenting them as sculptures—a constant method in the artist’s practice.
As guests arrived at the MAMO for the exhibition’s preview, held last Friday, the vaulted rooftop pavilion plunged the visitors into the dark. The atmosphere was that of a re-imagined Batcave, where the torpedo-shaped Batmobile was parked. The famous car sat in the centerpiece of an immersive installation of smoke, light, and sound. On the outside deck, suspended in the sky, was the Gotham City Police Department’s Bat-Signal—one truly felt as though they had just entered Gotham City.
When the sun began to set, guests including Jean Pigozzi, Alexia Niedzielski, Olympia Scarry, Ramdane Touhami, Cédric Klapisch, Louise Follain, Inès Mélia, and David Giroire, gathered on the ship’s bridge-like rooftop terrace while waiting for the show to start. Breaking the night, Batman’s original theme song announced the world premiere of the real-life Bat-Signal, casting its enormous beam of light above the Marseille sky before the exhilarated crowd.
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