A picture taken with a fisheye lens shows visitors looking at works by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh projected onto walls, as part of the
Van Gogh: Starry Night project by artistic director Gianfranco Iannuzzi at the Atelier des Lumieres in Paris, Feb 21, 2019. [Photo/IC]
PARIS -- A Paris gallery is offering visitors the chance to immerse themselves in the colourscapes of Vincent Van Gogh like never before.
L'Atelier des Lumieres is projecting digitized, multilayered versions of some of the artist's most famous works, including Starry Night Over the Rhone and Churchyard in the Rain, onto its floor and walls.
Conveying at different stages the illusion of water rippling in the light and raindrops falling, the show is accompanied by a rich soundtrack.
"Obviously, we have The Starry Night, we have the sunflowers, we have the irises," gallery director Michael Couzigou told Reuters TV.
"The idea here is to propose something that's different from classic museums. It's to allow the visitors to really get inside the paintings."
Van Gogh, La Nuit Etoilée, which opens on Friday and runs until Dec 31, is the gallery's second immersive art project, following a Gustav Klimt show in 2018.
Reuters
Visitors look at works by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh projected onto walls at the Atelier des Lumieres in Paris, Feb 21, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Visitors look at works by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh projected onto walls at the Atelier des Lumieres in Paris, France, Feb 21, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Visitors look at works by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh projected onto walls at the Atelier des Lumieres in Paris, Feb 21, 2019. [Photo/IC]
A visitor looks at works by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh projected onto walls at the Atelier des Lumieres in Paris, Feb 21, 2019. [Photo/IC]
Visitors look at works by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh projected onto walls at the Atelier des Lumieres in Paris, Feb 21, 2019. [Photo/IC]
A visitor looks at works by Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh projected onto walls at the Atelier des Lumieres in Paris, Feb 21, 2019. [Photo/IC]
