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Affichage des articles du décembre 22, 2013

CHEERFUL SQUARES AND LOTS OF SMILES......

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A day in London, especially with Pierrette, is something I had been looking forward to for some time. We were off to see the Paul Klee (1879-1940)  exhibition « Making Visible ». I have seen many of Klee’s exhibitions but not a retrospective of his work. There have been « musical » works on at the Cité de la Musique in Paris: and exhibition of his puppets and theatre in Brussels and then another smaller one in Geneva.  I have obviousy enjoyed his work all over the world in Mondern Art Museums. Here, I didn’t quite know what to expect. I did know however, that this was the first large-scale exhibition in the UK for over a decade. He was always considered to be a solitary dreamer  with a considerable sense of humor, which is not a surprise as so much of his work is funny, colorful even if it is structured. Coming back on the Eurostar the same evening, I read that we had seen over 130 drawings,  watercolors and paintings. The exhibition spans the three decades of his career from his b