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Emmanuelle Moureaux Continues ‘100 Colors’ Installation Series

Emmanuelle Moureaux, known for her massive installations using numerals and letters as building blocks, recently crafted a new major work for the 100th anniversary of the Calpis brand. "Universe of Words" at 3331 Arts Chiyoda is the latest in the "100 Colors" series from the artist. Moureaux was last featured on our site here. Photos of this installation are by Daisuke Shima.

Emmanuelle Moureaux, known for her massive installations using numerals and letters as building blocks, recently crafted a new major work for the 100th anniversary of the Calpis brand. “Universe of Words” at 3331 Arts Chiyoda is the latest in the “100 Colors” series from the artist. Moureaux was last featured on our site here. Photos of this installation are by Daisuke Shima.

“‘100 colors’ is an installation series began in 2013, which forms space using 100 shades of colors,” her site says. “Emmanuelle wishes to give emotions through colors as she felt from seeing overflowing “colors” in Tokyo when she first visited in 1995.”

See more from the designer on her site.

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