Philippe Parreno: Water Lilies – Restoration Project at Fondation Beyeler

The conservation and restoration of artworks has always been a responsible and demanding task. With the expansion of the concept of art and the use of new materials and technologies, contemporary art presents restorers with new challenges. This film uses the restoration project "Philippe Parreno: Water Lilies, 2012" of the Fondation Beyeler in Riehen (Basel, Switzerland) to show what these challenges are and how they can be overcome. (in German language with English subtitles).

The French artist Philippe Parreno created the artwork "Water Lilies" for his solo exhibition at the Fondation Beyeler in 2012. As Fondation Beyeler's Associate Curator Michiko Kono explains, Parreno's piece is inspired by one of the highlights of the Beyeler Collection, Claude Monet's triptych “Nymphéas”, one of t...