Julio Le Parc. Zepelín de Acero, 2021 / Art Basel 2024 Unlimited. Basel (Switzerland), June 13, 2024. Official description: The monumental installation Zepelín de Acero (Steel Zeppelin) – presented for the first time at the Hermès Foundation in Tokyo in 2021 as part of the exhibition ‘Les Couleurs en jeu’ – offers a reinterpretation of the artist’s exploration of light boxes, characteristic of his installation works. This steel iteration raises questions about the diversity of experiences within a single encounter, evoking notions of motion, instability, and chance, and distancing itself from the idea of stable, singular, definitive artworks. At the core of Julio Le Parc’s practice is a desire to challenge viewers’ perceptions of art, encouraging active engagement and questioning the traditional roles of artist and observer.

Julio Le Parc (born 1928 in Mendoza, Argentina) is a major figure of kinetic and contemporary art. In Paris in 1960, he co-founded the influential collective Groupe de Recherche d’Art Visuel (GRAV), which experimented with real movement, light, and instability, actively involving the viewer. Le Parc lives and works in Cachan, France.

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