Gregor Schneider's house in Rheydt, Germany
The installation at La Maison Rouge in Paris
From the age of 16, Gregor Schneider (born in Rheydt in 1969) has been transforming the interior of the home he inherited from his father in the small town of Rheydt, Germany. A work in progress until 2007, he has constantly added new rooms, separated others, removed mod-cons, and blocked up windows, adding fake ones in their place. The result is a labyrinthine structure which he has entitled 'Haus u r' (House u r). Occasionally, visitors are invited to spend the night there and share his personal space.
Architecture is again central to Gregor Schneider's exhibition at la maison rouge for which he has created a specific installation. He invites visitors to follow a sweet fragrance (süßer Duft) that takes them to the other side of the walls, leaving behind the white exhibition room for dark parallel spaces where they discover who inhabits them, who haunts them, and are confronted with their own fear of the unknown.
Gregor Schneider: süßer Duft
Until 18 May
la maison rouge
10 bd de la bastille
75012 Paris
www.lamaisonrouge.org
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