May 12, 2011 24 comments By

Leviathan

Each year the French Ministry of Culture and Communication invites a leading artist to create a work that responds to the exceptional architectural space of the Grand Palais in Paris. For Monumenta 2011 Indian-born artist Anish Kapoor has created Leviathan, a 75,000 cubic-meter balloon made of PVC vinyl. While the exterior may appear to be opaque and aubergine in color, the inside, which visitors are welcome to enter, is a translucent cherry red. If you know me well, you’ll know that I have an unexplainable fear of balloons. But if I were in Paris, this would just be too damn good to pass up experiencing in person. Honestly, incroyable!

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24 Comments

  1. fashion tidbits wrote:

    WOAH!!!!! Soooooooo cool!

    5.12.11
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  2. Jen wrote:

    This is insane. I love this idea, I can’t believe how beautifully it’s executed.

    5.12.11
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  3. Nomadic D wrote:

    What?!?! The INSIDE?!?! You can go IN that balloon?! That is amazing.

    http://nomadic-d.blogspot.com/

    5.12.11
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  4. welovefur wrote:

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  5. Vanessa wrote:

    Thats pretty cool!

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  6. Karen from Globetrotter Diaries wrote:

    as long as your hands are over your ears you could do it!

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  7. KnitXcorE wrote:

    could you imagine if that thing popped??? eeek.

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  8. Uhlexl wrote:

    Honestly WTF is that? I need it in my house.

    uhlexl.blogspot.com

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  9. Bec wrote:

    kinda scary but i’d totally go in it.

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  10. Julietta wrote:

    At first I didn´t realise that it was THAT big, but picture 3 and 4 set me right.
    Incroyable! 🙂

    J.

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  11. David wrote:

    WOW!

    Have a Good Day!

    David

    VirtuallyStunning.blogspot.com

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  12. Nickie Frye wrote:

    Holy cow! That is insane! Love it.

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  13. Janey wrote:

    OMGeeeeeee!

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  14. Fern wrote:

    I’m so glad I’m not the only one who has to put their hands over their ears when faced with balloons! We should form a club 🙂

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  15. francesca wrote:

    WOAH this is amazing!! i wanna be there with my camera
    http://www.frankvinyl.com

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  16. Bill wrote:

    I like how monumental art like this can be.

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  17. The Bohmerian wrote:

    The scale of this is so entriugeing. Love it!

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  18. Rose wrote:

    Love Anish Kapoor. This looks amazing…

    5.14.11
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  19. Julian wrote:

    Oh my god, I would love the be there!

    5.15.11
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  20. Kitsune wrote:

    I’m the same way about balloons. That thing is kinda scarey. Definitely cool though.

    5.15.11
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  21. january wrote:

    incredible!

    january, x
    jessicajanuary.com

    5.16.11
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  22. Lia wrote:

    I just saw this a couple weeks ago in Paris! Truly incredible. It changes depending on the time of day — We went around 11 at night right before it was closing and instead of being totally red inside it was this eery maroon color with certain bright red spots. Stunning!

    7.3.11
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  23. Cameron wrote:

    I took these same pictures! They however they are nothing compared to actually being there. SOO amazing. Kudos.

    3.18.12
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