"ABSOLUTELY ECCENTRIC"
I don’t really consider myself to be eccentric. So when I see a poster like this - which in my book looks anything but extravagant, I want to know a little more. So this morning I wandered off to see what it was all about. Usually at the Hotel de Ville the crowds are queuing for exhibitions. Today there was no-one. As it has just started, word of mouth may not have hit the Parisian scene. But it will! Believe you me.
Most of these works are being shown for the first time and bring together some 160 artists who work in 25 art studios. The big difference is that these artists are either mentally of physically handicapped. I was stopped at once as soon as I took out my Iphone to photograph something. Fortunately, there is a lot on Internet and this time around, I did buy the catalogue, which in itself is a marvelous work of art. Some woman rushed in - looked at the first room - turned to me and asked if this was work done in primary schools. My reply was somewhat caustic Ai