À la Bourse de Commerce, Fujiko Nakaya sculpte le brouillard
Japanese artist Fujiko Nakaya, now 93, has installed a fog sculpture titled "Cloud #07156" in the rotunda of the Bourse de Commerce in Paris for summer 2026. The work, which uses hidden pumps and nozzles to create a dense cloud of micro-droplets, is presented in dialogue with the exhibition "Clair-obscur" running until August 24, which revisits chiaroscuro in contemporary art through works by Yves Tanguy, Bill Viola, Victor Man, and Germaine Richier. A second Nakaya installation, "Fog Tree #07031," is also on view in Honfleur as part of the Normandie Impressionniste festival.
Nakaya has been making fog sculptures since 1970, when she first enveloped the Pepsi Pavilion at the Osaka World Exposition with fog. Her work matters because it bridges art and science, land art and conceptual art, transforming an ephemeral atmospheric phenomenon into a sculptural medium that reconfigures space and time. The installation at the Bourse de Commerce, a major contemporary art venue, underscores the enduring relevance of her pioneering practice and the growing institutional recognition of experimental, environmental art.