Jean-Michel Othoniel
Sculptor from France (born 1964)
About Jean-Michel Othoniel
Born 1964. Jean-Michel Othoniel is a French sculptor, printmaker, installation artist, visual artist and glass artist.
The place Colette in Paris; Othoniel's entrance to the métro station is on the left. Jean-Michel Othoniel (born 27 January 1964) is a French contemporary artist. He has worked in a variety of artistic media, including film, installation, photography, and sculpture. In 2000, he designed a new entrance for the Palais Royal–Musée du Louvre station of the Paris Métro.
In 2006, he showed necklaces of large beads, made by master glass-blowers in Murano, at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice; they were hung on the façade of the Palazzo Venier dei Leoni, which houses the collection.
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Museum of Modern Art, New York, US
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Who is Jean-Michel Othoniel?
sculptor from France (born 1964)
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Jean-Michel Othoniel was born on 27 January 1964 in Saint-Étienne.
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Jean-Michel Othoniel is a sculptor, printmaker, installation artist, visual artist and glass artist.
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Jean-Michel Othoniel is French.
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