Jean-Michel Othoniel

Jean-Michel Othoniel
Born	27 January 1964 Saint-Etienne, France
Occupation	Contemporary 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.^[1] 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.^[1][2][3]

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.^[1]

Public collections

• Museum of Modern Art, New York, US^[4]

References

1. Jean-Michel Othoniel. Venice: Peggy Guggenheim Collection. Archived 2 January 2011.
2. Yuna, Park (2022-06-16). "French artist awakens the senses of pandemic-weary people". The Korea Herald. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
3. Dessent, Blaire (2022-08-26). "Jean Michel Othoniel: The Dream of Water". TLmagazine. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
4. Jean-Michel Othoniel: The Forbidden (L'interdit) 1991. New York: The Museum of Modern Art. Accessed January 2023