Monumenta 2011...

One of the best privileges of spending a lot of time in Paris is being able to witness the many artistic offers in town. These days, at the Grand Palais, you can visit the gigantic masterpiece of Anish Kapoor, "Leviathan," in what is known as Monumenta 2011.

After Anselm Kiefer in 2007, Richard Serra in 2008 and Christian Boltanski in 2010, Monumenta has become an important appointment in Contemporary Art.

Anish Kapoor was born in India in 1954, is British and one of the greatest sculptors of our time. 

His Leviathan can be seen till June 23rd and it fills the entire hall of the Grand Palais. It's made of a transparent plastic material, which feeds itself with the light that enters through the glass ceiling of the museum. You can enter and walk around the inside of it, feeling a warm yet moving intimacy... much like entering into a huge stomach... or at least I felt it so.

You can also, of course, enjoy it from the outside, while a guide will explain the nature of the material used (a special plastic), how it was inflated, how it is fed through very big tubes and why it took 7 days to build it (the same it took God to create the Earth... Duh).

Now, the question is... What is to happen with such structure after the exhibit? Re-use the plastic? Burn it? No, that would be too toxic.

Whatever.
But if you have the chance, it's worth visiting it, before it disappears.