SHARING WITH ME

And let the fiesta begin…Karel Appel was a member of the COBRA group. When I went to Eve & Adele, there was a photo at the end of the chapter showing us that the new exhibition was about to start. Jerome called and said let’s go on Sunday. Exhibitions at the weekend are not my cup of tea due to the crowds. We arrived and hardly a soul around. Into the exhibition and virtually no-one. We would see Appel in the best of conditions.    No way I could tell you where and when I « fell in love » with Karel Appel’s (1921-2006) work. He was Dutch and died at 85, in Switzerland. I’m pretty sure that I came across him when I discovered the COBRA group -I already knew Asger Jorn’s work but it really began with another Dutch Painter - Constant. Appel was looking for a new opening, another expression. The Dutch artists went to Paris in 1948 for and international conference on avant-garde art organized by the Surrealists. To show their disagreement with the French the 7 artist