Artwork: installation by JR and OSGEMEOS, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2016
Artist JR (@jr) posted this yesterday on IG, a timely reminder of a project he worked on with the Sao Paulo twins OSGEMEOS (Otavio and Gustavo Pandolfo) in the tunnels under the Palais de Tokyo, Paris in 2016:
Artwork: installation by JR and OSGEMEOS, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, 2016
“4 years ago, with my brothers @osgemeos we did a very special project in the basement of the @palaisdetokyo #LascoProject@hugovitrani.
During Occupation (1940-1944), the basement of the Palais de Tokyo was requisitioned to store the 1200 pianos stolen by the Nazis to the Jews. Working on the walls and on memory, we used archive images, paintings, and drew candles on the ceilings. The pianos and the pianists came back. For security reasons, these pieces are not accessible to the public. They will stay forever on these walls and our memory.
Racism and antisemitism kill. We must refuse them.”