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Diana’s Revenge
Soloshow at Chateau de Chantilly
Invited by the Château de Chantilly, the former residence of the Duke of Aumale and the Princes of Condé, Guillaume continues to explore our relationship with stories and how they shape the world we experience.
For Diana’s Revenge, he has created nine sculptures in the form of table centerpieces, engaging in dialogue with the Château de Chantilly’s grand dining table. Each sculpture tells a chapter in a new story—the vengeance of the nature goddess. Her wrath is directed at a new kind of Actaeon: lumberjacks who cut down trees and desecrate nature for their own greed.
Along the length of the Galerie des Cerfs table, each diorama sculpture will tell a part of this story between the forest and humankind. At the center lies the heart of the forest, while on either side, as one moves away, the forest becomes increasingly degraded, and the battles rage on.
At the very core of the sacred forest, Diana at her bath is crowned as the new Pachamama. At the ends of the table, the confrontation unfolds between the Actaeons and the goddess’s worshippers. Between gentle and vengeful Diana, between Bacchanalia and Amazonomachy, the installation plays with mythology’s codes, offering an alternative perspective.
A contemporary mythology echoing the disappearance of forests and the relentless expansion of human activity.
The exhibition is visible at the Château de Chantilly from April the 5th until July the 7th. Do not hesitate to check the Château’s website for more information ( opening hours, …) : https://chateaudechantilly.fr/installation-guillaume-sardin-chateau-chantilly/