OH SO BLEAK TO BEGIN WITH...
It goes without saying that I will see all the exhibitions on at La Maison Rouge before it closes at the end of 2018. This too was to be my first exhibition in the new season. As I have told you our school years starts in September and most of the main exhibitions follow suite as do concerts and theatre. I was looking forward to it. Not for one moment did I think it would be so bleak at first glance. Marin Karmitz is quite a well known name for us as he began his career in cinema as a director helping to form the chain of MK2 cinemas. They have certainly changed the face of Paris. His collection from the first glance in the opening gallery was mainly black and white photos. From the first picture you see at once that they depict tragedies of the 20th Century. Places too (from Europe to the United States), through various media - video, photography, painting, drawing, sculpture and several large-scale installations which surprised me as I would never have connected the artists concerne