ART AND "LE CHAT"

If you said Geluck to any Frenchman, I’m sure he would know who you were talking about. If you showed me this cat….





the answer would be « of course , I know".



I didn’t know that he was from Belgium and is relatively young. 62. He’s best known for « Le Chat » - « The Cat ».

Pierre who is a fan of quite a few cartoon artists, suggested that we went along to see a small exhibition called « L’Art et Le Chat ». That is self explanatory!

Not all his work is to my taste and sometimes l find him vulgar but there was a lot in this exhibition to amuse me….so here we go.


MONO LISO ou le Jocond !

La Jaconde

Le Laitier 2015

La laitière - Vermeer 1658/60

Le Martyre du Chat

Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien - A. CARRACCI

Cest jaune et ça ne sait pas -2015

La Chaise de Vincent - 1888

Time in Monet - 2015









La Cathédrale de Rouen - Monet

Le Cri de Munch 1893

Le rire de Munch -2014


Une case en moins -2014

Tous les gouts sont dans la nature -2014

Saleté de Pollock - 2011

Lacérations

Concetto Spaziale - 1967

Madame Christo - 2015

Wrapped girl - 1968

Merci Viktor -2014

Okta - Cor 1973

International Gargamel Blue - 2015

Le Chien-chien à son maî-maître -2015



Vertumnus (emperor Rudolf ll) 1590
Picasso understood that he was the only one who could not paint a false Picasso

Woman's head -1939

L'Autre Duscibole

Le Discobole

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Michael Keane a dit…
I like this contrast of the old and the new. Maybe in some quarters it might be viewed as blasphemous, but to me, it's healthy to take a less serious approach.
28/5/16 13:02
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