Among the exhibits: "French Art of Living"
Medici: a giant vase worth two million dirhams
The Medici vase is presented for the first time in Dubai.
Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem
The giant Medici vase contains 13,000 pure crystal stones and is decorated with internal LED lights.
Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem
The "Plant Imagination" tree is touched by artist Sabine Plonchar.
Photography: Osama Abu Ghanem
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The exhibition "French Art of Living" in the mobility area of "Expo 2020" shines with the giant "Medici" vase, designed by artist Hans van Bentem, and includes 13,000 pure crystal stones, decorated with internal "LED" lights, in a masterpiece that came in length 2.5 meters, 1.4 meters wide, and a total weight of 300 kilograms, at a price of half a million euros (2.06 million dirhams).
The exhibition "French Art of Life", which runs until December 6, which presents many masterpieces bearing the famous "Baccarat" brand, occupies a large part of the French pavilion in an exhibition that supports the movement of visual arts and its renaissance in the region, and offers the visitor a journey into the world of creativity. And the wonders of art, including the “Medici” vase, which is displayed for the first time in Dubai, and is a copy of the original vase that dates back to 1909.
The crystal pieces that adorn the giant Medici vase, with an eight-sided design, serve the spread of light and color reflection in an exquisite way, as they were assembled together through wires and a hidden metal structure, in a creative way, supported by LED lighting technologies from the inside. Enhance the visual effects of the scene, to look like a real statue of light.
The “French Art of Life” exhibition also includes a mixture of contemporary and medieval exhibits, each of which represents a masterpiece in the aesthetics of design, creativity and innovation, especially the artifacts that were specially brought from the French Museum and made in the 18th century AD.
Among the exhibits, the “Tree of Life” dedicated exclusively to “Expo 2020 Dubai”, and its branches and roots represents an allegory of the artist Perso Christofl, as it sheds light on humanity, and the transition between the past and the future, through the branches of twigs and butterflies that symbolize - according to Christofel’s vision - to Communication between continents, especially that the tree is decorated with butterflies of gold and silver colors, and varnish-colored tree branches, imitating the shape of the globe.
Among the other giant exhibits, the "Plant Imagination" tree, which bears the touches of the artist Sabine Plonchar, appears, and tells an inspiring tale in which giant flowers with golden petals go along with the stems made of crystal, to paint an innovative painting that sings of the beauty of nature, and highlights the importance of preserving diversity. environmental.
In the middle of the “French Art of Living” exhibition is the “Ball” project, which bears the creativity of artist Gregoire de Forest, and through it evokes the message of “unity”, as this piece of art inspired by the world of “Baccarat” refers to the planet Earth thanks to the main spherical shape in the work, which It is designed using high-purity glass.