SHARING WITH ME

Today Gianni and I went to a modern art centre at the outskirts of Paris called Mac/Val. Neither of us had done our homework so we really didn’t know what we were going to see. Two years ago, soon after this center opened, we visited it. I don’t remember being wildly excited as installations leave me slightly mystified if not cold. These are really contemporary. I do remember having an excellent  bio-lunch and the woman who served us had a brilliant sense of humor which made the lunch even more delightful. As this center is really off the beaten track, it is virtually empty. A huge, huge space on three levels with this time around, 95% of installations. A new exhibition was also being installed - we should have come a week later! The first was a video by Jesper Just. «The Unknown Spectacle». Imagine an area of over 500 square feet (5000 square feet?). On the left side there is a screen running the fall length of the space as there is on the right hand side. The v...