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Yardang

Yardang

Noor Riyadh

YEAR

2022

MEDIUM

Lightart

Although not the largest work of art displayed at Noor, the dimensions of Yardang (2022) are an accomplishment all of their own. Weighing in at a phenomenal 3 tons, this abstract sculpture of mirrored bricks reflects the landscape around it to create a mise en abyme of likenesses. Like an image within an image, Yardang projects an infinitely recurring sequence of its surroundings. Artist Jean-Michel Othoniel allowed himself to be inspired by the unique shapes found in the deserts, such as the yardang of the work’s title: a rocky ridge created by wind erosion. In creating a crystallised landscape, this installation imagines a gigantic, pixillated mirror that breaks the environment up into hundreds of reflections and in turn constructs new multiplied and abstract versions.


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