Indeed, the almost fibrous red and white lines that surround the top and
side of the skull create a compelling illusion that the head is electronically wired - in to some external device - a music player, perhaps.
With À la Lumière des Deux Mondes (At the Light
of Both Worlds, 2005), a site - specific work
created for the Louvre's glass pyramid — the first time a contemporary artist had exhibited in the institution — Tunga used one
of the building's columns as a pivot on which various symbolically charged objects were balanced: gold and black
skulls and a giant walking stick intertwined with braided hair on one
side; a chain
of skulls caught in a dark net falling towards a floor littered with golden and black reproductions
of heads from the Louvre's classical sculptures on the other.