Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

Silver painted, polyester raisin sculpture of a large penguin.

Les Habitants / The Inhabitants

The Inhabitants is a set of six sculptures made by Xavier Veilhan, installed in 2006 at the international city of Lyon. Ihe statues are made of polyester resin and are 2.8 to 8 m/9-26 ft high, and each is painted in a different colour. This set consists of:

• Ours / Bear, Brown.
• Homme au téléphone / Man on the phone, Orange.
• Deux Pingouins / Two Penguins, Dark green.
• Le livreur de pizza / The Pizza Delivery Man, Red.
• Jeune Fille en roller / Young Girl on Rollerskates, Red.
• Grand Pingouin / Large Penguin, Silver.

• Christian Sozzi (ed.), L’art public dans le Grand Lyon, de l’après-guerre à nos jours, rapporté à l’histoire urbaine: périodisation, commandes, perspectives (Lyon: Agence d’urbanisme pour le développement de l’agglomération Lyonnaise, 2011-2012) (PDF on-line), p. 111.

Sculptor

• Xavier Veilhan (Lyon 1963), French artist and photographer, member of the Groupe Laura (Website – Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Wikipedia, Liste des œuvres publiques de Lyon.
• Wikipedia, Les Habitants (Veilhan).
• Daniel F. Valot, Jeux et Photos de Lyon, Sculptures.

Tags

• Town: Lyon
• Département: Rhône
• Région: Rhône-Alpes
• Country: France
• Penguin
• Veilhan, Xavier

Locatie (N 45°46'59" - E 4°50'59") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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