SHARING WITH ME

 The Mutual Art site (http://www.mutualart.com) sends me updates on exhibitions around the world (I do dream) and for Paris on a regular basis, a couple of times a week. One of them this week was for the Daniel Templon Gallery. I knew of Jim Dine’s work as he is reasonably well known for his range of techniques. He’s an American and had chosen to celebrate his 80th birthday with a new Installation in Paris. City of Glass .

The exhibition is a result of two and a half years work and possibly does celebrate his creative power. He’s certainly unique. The tools he uses in his work are as crucial as the finished work. He personally heated and twisted the tools used to create the glass cities which if you look closely include some weird and wonderful objects ! Would you believe that Dine is using blown glass for the very first time as a way, as he says it « to sculpt with light ». There are also a series of large drawings

I really had had no intention of going to see the Gustave Klimt. (1862-1918). I had seen a retrospective of his work along side Egon Shiele (1890-1918) in 2008 (I think) and of course when in Vienna, we had visited and seen everything to do with the two artists. My association with his work, is very much this:- Judith 1901 Salome, 1909 « Judith » (1901) is essentially a portrait of an end of century Viennese lady in an oriental costume. A seductress, a woman exuding a pure sensuality from every pore don’t you think ?               or Salome …… or his erotica and the same goes with Egon Shiele. After the Graffiti, I crossed the road to the other section of the Pinacothèque - there was no queue as there had been in the first months. I would chance it. I sailed in, praying that it would be the same situation as with the Graffiti. It was not crowded. However, this time around, there would be no photos. The  control was obvious from every corner. The idea was that the Pin