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Affichage des articles du juin 12, 2013

CAN YOU GUESS WHO THIS IS ? .......

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I would think that when you see a painting like this, perhaps you know the name of the artist. Etude 1969 The Tabulars meun 1964 Tabula  1980 I saw Simon Hantaï’s work for the first time (1922- 2008) and these paintings as it so happens, at the Museum of Modern Art some ten years ago. Quite frankly, they didn’t do anything for me and seemed more  an imitation of Klein’s blue paintings and a few others of the same period - the early 70’s. A repetition of a design, in a colour is a bit gadgety in my book. But then, I am not keen on repetition.... In reading Beaux Arts Magazine this month there was a lengthy article describing this artist’s work. The first retrospective for nearly forty years. Perhaps I should make the effort to go down to the Beaubourg and see.....? Before I picked up the brochure at the centre, I turned suddenly and saw this. «Oh no, I said to myself, we are not going to have sleeping vagabonds in the centre from now on». Other