Tower 13
Tower 13 (Template:Lang-fr), also known as Paris Tower 13 was a street art exhibition in the 13th arrondissement of Paris, France.[1]
History
Tower 13 was originally a 10-story residential building used in a low-income housing project that was scheduled to be demolished in 2014.[1][2] Medhi Ben Cheikh, a Tunisian-born art teacher and founder of the Galerie Itinerrance,[3] obtained the rights for an art exhibition in the tower as part of a collaboration with Jérôme Coumet, the mayor of the 13th arrondissement of Paris, to "invite well known urban artists to create a collective open air museum."[1] Cheikh spent six months gathering 105 street artists from 18 countries to decorate the interior and exterior of the building.[1][4] The artists were not provided any financial compensation and were required to pay for their own travel expenses and materials.[1] Cheikh stated that the project had "absolutely no commercial aspect" and declined offers from art collectors to purchase pieces from the exhibition because he thought of the works displayed as "true art, not decoration for the home or for magazines."[1]
Work on the Tower 13 exhibition began in March 2013.[4] At the time, several tenants still refused to leave the building.[4] Over the course of seven months, the artists created over 4,500 square feet (420 m2) of art and completely painted 36 apartments.[4][2] The exhibition was opened to the public for the month of October 2013.[1][4] Admission was free, but only 49 visitors were allowed inside the building at once due to safety concerns.[1][4] Once the exhibit closed on October 31, 2013, the demolition process began.[4]
Tower 13 was the subject of a
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Hack, Susan (2013-10-06). "Forget the Louvre—Tower 13 is Paris' Hottest New Art Museum". Condé Nast Traveler. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b Pasquet, Anne Claire (2013-10-02). "La Tour Paris 13: World's Largest Collective Street Art Tower Opens in Paris for October Only". Untapped Cities. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
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{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ a b c d e f g Fraser, Christian (2013-10-31). "Tower 13: Paris street art space to be demolished". BBC News. Retrieved 2017-08-04.
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