Charles Pétillon (born 1973) is a French photographer and installation and mixed media artist who often employs balloons in his art making.[1][2] Among his works are ones he labels "invasions" where he deploys large amounts of often white ballons into pre-existent built and natural environments.[3][4][5][6] In one notable work the artist installed 100,000 ballons in Covent Garden.[7] Another high-profile work by Pétillon installed in terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris features a giant sleeping feline under constellations of light fixtures resembling the balloons favored by the artist, which illuminate as the day darkens into night. The work is titled "Le Phare" (En: Lighthouse).[8][9]
Pétillon exhibits at Gallerie Danysz in Paris. [10]
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- ^ "Dreamlike Balloon Compositions by Charles Pétillon Form Hovering Clouds and Lines in Space". 28 November 2018.
- ^ Stevens, Philip (August 27, 2015). "charles pétillon floats a cloud of 100,000 balloons inside covent garden". designboom | architecture & design magazine.
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- ^ "White Balloons Invade Various Places in Surreal Installations by Charles Pétillon". 22 December 2016.
- ^ "3 expositions à voir à Paris ce week-end". 12 May 2022.