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Article: PUTTING YOURSELF ON A PEDESTAL
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- November 3, 1996
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Visitors strolling down the Champs Elysees this summer found it
transformed into a giant sculpture park, with works by Duchamp,
Miro and Dali erupting from the pavement. But the public passed
them by with barely a glance, to stand transfixed before the figure
of a Roman emperor whose chest appeared to rise and fall as if he
were breathing and a Statue of Liberty which winked at startled
bystanders.
"Living statues" have been mysteriously, surreally, appearing in
Paris for two or three years. They have installed themselves on
makeshift pedestals along the cafe-lined boulevards in Saint
Germain-des-Pres, on the Champs Elysees, at Palais Royal and in
parks, particularly the Tuileries gardens. ...