It took four days to assemble it, 400 volunteers and about 2,000 sheets of paper. Visitors destroyed it during the day, but the photos rocked social media.
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Louvre's glass Pyramid, it was surrounded by an incredible photo collage. Although the museum itself dates back to the 12th century, the Louvre Pyramid was officially opened on March 30, 1989. The main courtyard of the Louvre in Paris was decorated by a local street artist under the pseudonym JR. It didn’t surprise him that his work lasted only one day - it was intended.
An optical illusion extends the Louvre Pyramid down into the ground, revealing the secret depths of one of the world's greatest art museums. From Tuesday to Friday last week, 400 volunteers worked on the 170-square-meter installation, laying it out from nearly 2,000 sheets of paper. The result is amazing.
Since the work is made of paper, it was almost completely destroyed by visitors on Saturday. “The image, like life, is ephemeral. After insertion, the artwork lives on its own, the artist wrote on Twitter. It also lives on social networks. Photos of the illusion received almost 60 thousand likes and more than 15 thousand shares.
So the work on the installation went on.