Public Art

Jurong 2142 is a bicephalous and semi-transparent work that rests on a mirror of water.� The sculptural whole, which includes a cast metal shell, water and a pathway, is the result of a specific thought process wherein notions of landmark and border appear and disappear as one experiences the piece's and the park's entire course.

One enters the inside of the work via a walkway. For the sensitive observer, this entry induces a dream-like perception of the world, a distant connection to our being and to our relationship to reality.� The "interior/exterior" project rests on an interlocked vision of the empty and of the full and proposes a go full circle from the fixed to the moving, based on the male/female harmonic concept of the Taoist ying and yang. Jurong 2142 is located in a 61 acre park, a space conceived in its entirety by Jean-Bernard M�tais. This entire work is inscribed in a sensorial landscaping approach and is an extension of the numerous sensorial chambers the artist has been working for the past dozen years.

Jurong is a Chinese city with a population of one million.� It is internationally renowned by historians and Sinologists as the location of one of the largest archeological site in the world, dating back to 150 BC.� The city is located 12 miles from Nankin, the former capital of China.

Jurong 2142 is one of three monumental works of art that were commissioned to Jean-Bernard M�tais in August 2012 by the city of Jurong, in China.� Both the work and the park were initially conceived of when the artist was given a carte blanche in January 2012.

All works are scheduled to be completed in part by the end of 2013 and then over the course of 2014.

Bicephalous piece

Media: cast bronze and steel, light

Height: 11 meters, diameter: 9 meters, length: 26 meters.

Landscape

Size of park: 61 acres.

Media: water, metal, stone, cement, grass lawn, trees, light.

Image: Jean-Bernard M�tais.

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Contact:

https://jbmetais.com

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