Detail View: Archivision Base to Module 9: Wall for Peace
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Preferred Title:
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Wall for Peace
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Image View:
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General context view of the monument, from the south, depicting the south end of the Champ du Mars with the Eiffel Tower in the distance
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Creator:
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Clara Halter (French artist, born ca. 1942); Jean-Michel Wilmotte (French architect, born 1948)
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Location:
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site: Paris, Île-de-France, France
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Location Note:
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Champ de Mars
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Date:
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2000 (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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French
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Style Period:
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Modernist; Modern; Twenty-first century
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Work Type 1:
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monument
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Work Type 2:
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sculpture (visual work)
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Classification:
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installation, environmental, stage sets
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Material:
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steel; glass
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Technique:
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construction (assembling)
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Subjects:
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abstraction or non-objective; contemporary (1960 to present); typography or calligraphy; writing systems
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Description:
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The Wall for Peace is freely inspired by the Wailing Wall of Jerusalem. Visitors can put their messages of peace in the chinks of the Wall that are planned for this purpose. The word 'peace' appears on the glass walls in 49 languages. The Wall for Peace is erected in Paris, on the Champs de Mars, at the foot of the Eiffel Tower. It was inaugurated on March 30, 2000 by the President of the French Republic. (Source: Wall for Peace [website]; http://www.wallforpeace.com)
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Collection:
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Archivision Base Collection
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Identifier:
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1A2-F-P-PM-A1
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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