Following the success of last year's exhibition from Jeff Koons at Versailles, 2009 will see Xavier Veilhan present his works inside the setting of the Chateau and its estate and to take on the task of working specifically for the site; making him the latest in a centuries-old line of artists and designers producing work for the Gardens, Royal Court, and apartments of the Chateau.

"A year ago, when Laurent Le Bon and Jean-Jacques Aillagon invited me to follow in Jeff Koons’ footsteps, I had no idea just how much space in my life Versailles was going to take up: the exhibition is a wonderful opportunity to present my work on a big scale, both in terms of size and the public involved" says Veilhan of the undertaking.

"There’s a need here to measure up with the desires that were given shape by our ancestors, to show how our own desires can both protract and complement them, not innocently, but with the freshness of ambition. Mainly running along an east-west axis outside the Château itself, my proposal features a series of works specially produced for this occasion that create a contemporary dotted line which splits in two the masterly garden layout of Le Nôtre. Art is a visual device which we have to look through in order to understand our past, our present and our future."

The exhibition will be open from the 13th of December.