Urs Fischer's Latest Exhibition Is Literally Melting Away in Paris' Bourse de Commerce

All exhibitions have a cut-off date, but for Urs Fischer's latest show, you have to witness it before the candle (literally) burns out. For the first time in France, the Swiss artist brings his large-scale candle sculptures to the center Rotunda of the Bourse de Commerce in Paris. The wax sculptures, such as a life-size replica of Giambologna's The Abduction of the Sabine Women (1579-1582), is seen slowly melting away on a plinth similar to those seen in Italian plazas. Other works include a rep...