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Affichage des articles du août 9, 2012

COME WITH ME TO VERSAILLES

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Today we are going to visit the Chateau of Versailles. For those of you who have not had the opportunity of seeing these very luxurious apartments you’ll  forgive me if we push pass the crowd on the ground floor. You can come back and take all the photographs you want to but I would like to introduce you to Joana Vasconcelos. Every year, Versailles invites an artist to create an environment in the Royal chambers and the Hall of Mirrors....Perhaps you heard about Jeff Koons in 2009?  Jeff Koons 2009 Or Veihan the same year? Veilhan  And how about Murakami in 2010?  Murakami 2010 Well if you saw them it will not come as a shock to see Joana Vasconcelos. The first woman to «integrate» into the Royal surroundings. Portuguese and young. And I would think she had a wonderful sense of humour. Her chandelier made up of hygienic tampons did get cast aside and «would not fit in to the royal environment". There is other erotica too which seems to have been «los