SHARING WITH ME

I hadn’t been back to look at the new presentation at the MAM and as at the end of the holiday period there really is not too much to do in Paris, exhibition wise, this seemed like a good time to do it. There was one small exhibition on which l had not seen when there earlier in the year to see the Marquet. This time I would read up a little and see what l would see. Jacques Grinberg. He was born in Sofia in 1941 died in Malakoff (France) in 2011. When he was 13 the family left to live in Israel when he went to school in a Kibboutz. Very early he was « attracted » to painting and for three years studied at an art Institute in Tel Aviv. Even if he had had a first exhibition, he decided to come to Paris in 1962, so only 21. He started work in the artist colony in Montmartre I then started looking a little closer at his work. For me he was a forerunner on the New Figuration (Nouvelle Figuration). Certainly not pop art which appeared in the Narrative Figuration (Figuration na...

This was to be the first exhibition ever devoted solely to automated clocks of the Renaissance. Also in a gallery which I did not know. The Kugel Gallery. Thank you Marielle as I certainly would not have gone but your description tempted me to!  Over thirty automaton were on display.The largest collection ever assembled. A menagerie of exotic animals: lions, camels, elephants, bears, monkeys… animals dominate the automaton kingdom, but a few humans are there as well. A Turkish horseman swinging his sword, and lion and bear tamers pulling on leashes. Give you an idea of how small they are The young attendant saw me taken an interest in all the detail and whispered in my ear (yes really), that one of these little gems would chime any minute. It did, but so fast that I didn’t have time to  catch the movement and sound with my iPhone. Unfortunately this was the only one that did strike the hour while I was there. A video displayed the movements of each one. It brought ...