YOU CAN'T WIN 'EM ALL - BEAUX ARTS ; Dunkerque 2

After lunch and taking the time to read all the docs I had picked up, I went onto the Beaux Arts. The building was off putting. Just as the theatre next to it. 


 
Beaux Arts


Theatre opposite



The exhibition on the sea should have been up my ally. It wasn't. A young man, one of the many attendants, told me I had skipped a couple of rooms - does it surprise you ? When I am faced with this and tiny little booklets (one per gallery), explaining what was on show, I felt that I had moved back into the 19th century when the more you could put on a wall, the better.



 
Entrance to the sea


a shock to the system

and another one


one booklet by room

well at least you could sit down

if I had know what it was....

See that "white on the floor?" It's art



These are the only works that caught my attention.  Many of them are quite modern......



 
Laurent Marie Joubert 1952- Twin Portrait 2006-2007


Louis Ernest Barrias (1841-1905) La Jeune fille de Bou-Saada 1910

Daniel Hernadez Morillo (Perou 1856-1932) Snake Charmer 1881 - look at the snake

The sea but ?????

A video on Fishermen - and me

Christelle Mally (Dubai 1978) Bird Masque 2012-2013

Raymond Picque (1926-1984) Les Marins 1981
Brian Mura (Belgique1981)  Fans 2013 in metal - I thought they were blinds!!!

Jean-Luc Poivret 1950- Machine-Pneuma on alu. 2011-2012

Bylert J 1603-1671 - Bergere - pretty daring?

Anonymous - Saint Sébastien in wood: 18th C: very painful up close

Jean-Miense Molenaer around 1610-1664 Children playing with a cat !!!




A Philospher from Dunkerque 1884




???









A broken egg or a camel's head ? - ART on the floor above



New Zealande - Hoe in wood - very elegant


The one very large woman attendant sitting down supposedly over looking the visitors was quite put out that I woke her up. I was quite alone for 90 minutes. I wonder why....

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Michael Keane a dit…
I often wonder about those attendants who sit in galleries. Are they just doing a job? Probably. Or are they truly interested in art? Probably not. What is the meaning of life for them?
4/7/14 11:46
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