Pier and Ocean is an enclosed space in which the soft, pulsating light of a neon tube composition recreates the movement of the sea. François Morellet invited Japanese artist Tadashi Kawamata to create a wooden jetty leading the viewer into the installation.

In 2014, Morellet said: “For over half a century, the works that have served as my models and which always give me great pleasure when I see one, are the works from the series Pier and Ocean, which Mondrian painted in 1914.”

François Morellet & Tadashi Kawamata – Pier and Ocean, 2014
François Morellet: installation of argon blue neon tubes; 150 cm each
Tadashi Kawamata: wooden pier; variable dimensions
Edition 3/3