March–June 2020
Le Village Royal by Carole Feuerman
Hyperrealist Sculpture in the Heart of Paris
Le Village Royal, Paris, France
Le Village Royal by Carole Feuerman brought the artist’s hyperrealist figures into one of central Paris’s most distinctive pedestrian passages during the spring of 2020. Presented outside the conventional gallery setting, the sculptures shared the space with shops, architecture, visitors and the Village Royal’s celebrated umbrella installation.
The project offered a particularly direct encounter with Feuerman’s work. Figures such as The Midpoint, Balance and City Slicker appeared not as isolated objects, but as temporary presences within the rhythms of the city, inviting passersby to pause and reconsider the boundary between sculpture and everyday life.
Figures Among the Crowd
Feuerman’s realism acquires a different character when placed in public space. From a distance, her figures can momentarily be mistaken for people occupying the passage. Only on closer inspection do the polished surfaces, carefully constructed textures and sustained stillness reveal their sculptural nature.
At Le Village Royal, that ambiguity became part of the experience. City Slicker, with her upward gaze and vivid yellow coat, echoed the gestures of pedestrians looking toward the suspended canopy above. The Midpoint and Balance introduced other variations on posture, control and self-awareness.
Rather than asking viewers to enter a dedicated exhibition room, the installation allowed encounters to happen casually: while crossing the passage, visiting a shop or simply moving through the neighborhood.
A Paris Presentation in Spring 2020
The March presentation coincided with International Women’s Day, when the Village Royal highlighted Feuerman’s work through a special event titled Tea Time at the Village Royal. The artist’s archive records The Midpoint, Balance and City Slicker as part of that presentation.
The broader solo installation continued through the spring, with later documentation describing the project as running from March through June 2020. Le Village Royal also published a dedicated presentation of Feuerman’s career and work during the exhibition period.
Seen today, the project is a useful example of how Feuerman’s sculpture adapts to public settings. Removed from the white cube, the figures retain their psychological stillness while becoming part of a changing urban environment shaped by weather, architecture and human movement.
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