SHARING WITH ME

I was very happy to be off to see an exhibition with Jerome and Laurent. Then there would be dinner and lots of chatter about their recent trip to Thailand. Their photographs were breathtaking....but today it was a very different cup of tea. We were following up and exhibition «HEY Part l» with «HEY Part ll». Laurent and I had seen the first round and neither of us were convinced. In fact it had been «we’ll never go to the Halle Saint Pierre again» reaction. Then a friend who had been and who is very traditional in his tastes convinced me that it was worthwhile seeing. Cold, freezing off we went to Montmartre at the steps of Sacré Coeur. Sacré Coeur The exhibition is entitled «HEY! Part ll Modern Art and Pop Culture» . Definitely pop culture and a lot of rather macabre «art brut» but not modern art after my definition of such. Another exhibition site where photos were strictly forbidden and I for one was not taken the chance as am always caught. But Jerome did and  at dinner ti

Learning is a wonderful process and I would like to think that I did this every day. Swanie makes a list of things she would like to discover - that is a lot better than her grandmother suggesting an exhibition. I’m always surprised. This time it was Trompe l’Oeil. From my point of view this was just painting suggesting something like a cupboard, a window.....It has its origins in ancient frescoes and mosaics. «Deceiving the eye» can take on very different forms from furniture to fashion, all kinds of art and materials can be imitated. When I came to think about it became obvious. Linoleum, wood, wall paper, glass, jewels....but I had never really thought about such items as being trompe l’oeil, more like copies. I was wrong, wasn’t I? As we went on that treasure hunt, Swan was a hive of information, pointing things out to me as we walked through  hundreds of objects dating from the middle ages to the 20th century. Here are just a few.......

 Cabbage dish 1748-52 Charles-Jean