The Stravinsky fountain In Paris
Stravinsky fountain is a public fountain full of fantastic ideas composed of 16 sculptures that can spray water, representing Igor Stravinsky, a Russian composer. This group of fountains was created by sculptors Jean dingley and Nicky de Saint Farrow in 1983. It is located in Stravinsky square next to Pompidou Center in Paris.
For Stravinsky and his contemporaries, circus is a popular theme. This dreamy and charming fountain is just like a clown. The fountain is located above Pierre blitz's underground music research center. When it began to spray water in 1983, the French Bild thought it had "the characteristics of mechanical music box in the 18th century".
Stravinsky fountain is a whimsical fountain decorated with 16 sculptures. The fountain design pays attention to being as light as possible, the water is very shallow, and the sculpture composed of light materials such as stainless steel and plastic at the bottom can also be regarded as an original work in the construction history of landscape fountain.
Visitors from all over the world who have been to the Pompidou art and culture center in Paris, in addition to being surprised by this strange building, will be deeply impressed by the pool art work called Stravinsky fountain next to it. Because in that pool, people can see all kinds of painted statues, including lying mermaids, standing bird heads, human figures, winged birds, circling snakes, elephants with elongated noses and vibrant skeletons.
All this is under the action of electric devices, rotating and spraying water. The whole pool is like a children's playground, filled with a festive atmosphere. This group of rotating mobile devices is a work jointly completed by neorealist artist tangoli and his wife Nicky de Saint Phare. The unsophisticated statues were written by de Saint Phare, and the operation of these statues was due to tangoli's design, which was difficult for waterscape companies to design such artistic works at that time.
