Philippe Parreno Iceman in Reality Park, 1995-2023
Cast ice, wood plinth with a metal grid, Plexiglas
96 x 55 x 55 cm (overall)
46 x 55 x 55 cm (plinth)
46 x 55 x 55 cm (plinth)
Iceman in Reality Park was first created for the 1995 group exhibition Ripple Across the Water — curated by Jan Hoet — which turned Aoyama city center, Japan into an outdoor art gallery. Every day just before lunch, in the private park of the Kirin Brewery Company in Minami Aoyama where employees gathered to eat, a refrigerated truck delivered an ice sculpture of a snowman. Every day the sculpture melted and was replaced the next day.