Day 4497: Girl Towers Over Memphis & Kindness.

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Neoclassical Girl Towers Over Memphis 

 by Julien de Casabianca

Artist Julien de Casabianca (previously) is known for wheat pasting subjects from famous paintings onto public infrastructure as part of his ongoing Outings Project. Last month the French artist was invited to present a monumental installation at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Artin Tennessee alongside an exhibition and workshop. De Casabianca’s seven-story mural features a melancholic girl pulled from William-Adolphe Bouguereau’s 1886 neoclassical painting “Au pied de la falaise,” which is included in the museum’s collection.

Like his previous interventions, de Casabianca wanted to give the subject a new home, while also liberating her from the structure of the painting’s frame. In her new position she gazes out over the city, surveying the landscape from the building’s fire escape. The work is part of Brooks Outside, a recent curatorial program that presents outdoor installations around the institution’s grounds and city. You can see de Casabianca’s new work at 62 E.H. Crump Blvd through November 2018 as weather permits, and follow his travels on Instagram. 

Karate-ka and friend, Jim Eyre sent me this, I need to share.

 

  

 

A 2+ minute video, Random Acts, here

 

 

 

  

 

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