Indian artist Gupta's giant utensils take over glitzy Paris store

Indian artist Subodh Gupta poses in front of one of his installations, a hanging hut made with cooking pots collected from markets during his exhibition entitled 'Samgan' at the department store Le Bon Marche in Paris. Photo: AFP

For the next few weeks, well-heeled shoppers at Le Bon Marche store in Paris will sniff perfumes and peruse designer dresses in the shadow of vast, three-storey sculptures made from pots and pans.

The unexpected intrusion into one of the city's fanciest department stores - owned by luxury conglomerate LVMH - is the work of India's Subodh Gupta, one of the world's leading contemporary artists.