For the 2025 Paris Art Basel held at the Grand Palais, world-renowned artist Takashi Murakami unveiled an exclusive 8-meter-tall giant octopus art installation. Rooted in the traditional aesthetic of Chinese lantern craftsmanship, the iconic artwork features Murakami’s classic “Superflat Jellyfish Eyes” on its luminous head, with winding tentacles stretching across the entire exhibition balcony. Transforming the solemn imagery of mythological devouring and extinction into a playful, joyful modern artistic form, the installation became the core highlight of this year’s art fair.

As the exclusive production and overseas implementation partner, Haitian undertook the full engineering development, customized production and on-site overseas installation of the large-scale lantern art installation.

Faced with extremely tight construction periods and high-standard artistic restoration requirements, Haitian demonstrated strong global project scheduling and cross-border coordination capabilities. Within an ultra-short preparation cycle, we rapidly mobilized core resources and efficiently completed the full production iteration of the giant installation, perfectly interpreting the innovative integration of traditional Chinese lantern craftsmanship and contemporary international avant-garde art.

Rapid Custom Craft & One-of-a-Kind Art Restoration

This oversized 8-meter giant octopus installation features exclusive custom curved structures, personalized luminous systems and unique artistic details, with no standard templates available, bringing extreme challenges to engineering technology and craft precision. In response to the urgent project schedule, Haitian quickly assembled a professional team of 12 senior artisans to launch intensive customized research and craft polishing. We completed the whole process of exclusive structural optimization, luminous system debugging and high-precision surface finishing in just 30 days, delivering a one-of-a-kind art installation tailored exclusively for the project.

To guarantee the ultimate presentation effect consistent with the artist’s original vision, we adopted an overseas on-site production model. All structural shaping, craft polishing and luminous system debugging were completed locally in Europe. This strict quality control standard ensured the texture, light transmission effect and overall stereoscopic layering of the one-of-a-kind octopus installation fully met the top artistic standards of Paris Art Basel. Every curved tentacle and luminous detail was precisely polished to restore the artist’s unique Superflat art language.

Cross-Border Deployment Strength & Overseas Full-Cycle Service

Possessing mature overseas project implementation capabilities, Haitian achieved seamless docking of domestic precision production and on-site European landing. After completing all pre-production customization and pre-assembly debugging, we professionally dispatched 1 dedicated project manager and 3 experienced senior construction artisans to the Grand Palais in Paris for on-site final assembly, fine adjustment and detail finishing.

Facing the complex on-site environment of international exhibition venues and strict overseas construction standards, our team efficiently coordinated local venue rules, on-site scheduling and refined construction work. We successfully completed the perfect presentation of the 8-meter giant octopus installation within the specified time, ensuring stable luminous performance, smooth structural presentation and unified artistic effect, and delivering zero-defect high-standard finished works for the international art exhibition.

This cross-border art project fully demonstrates Haitian’s outstanding strength as a global high-end art lantern installation supplier. We excel at rapid response for urgent high-standard projects, flexible cross-border resource scheduling, and full-process overseas landing services. Capable of undertaking oversized, high-difficulty international art customization projects, Haitian continues to deliver exclusive and top-level craft works for global art exhibitions and luxury brand events.