I hadn’t been to the FIAC for a few years and remember that the last
time I went, I was quite lost. Bewildered may be a better word. The size
of the fair is daunting in itself. The last time, perhaps 5 years ago,
it was already in two places in Paris plus the « outside » exhibitions -
one of which you saw in rehearsal. This time, it had grown in size with
extra galleries, outside installations and a lot more. I was slightly
scandalized by the entry price and the catalogue. This time I wanted the
catalogue as it would give me the names of the major galleries around
the world. The fact that I have read so much about art, galleries,
collectors over these last years made me prepared - or I hoped - for
what I was about to see.
Prepared - well more or less -
173 galleries from 23 countries alone at the Grand Palais. The new
French artists had been relegated the space at the other end of Paris in
the « Cité de la Mode and du Design ». From my point of view it is one
of the most macabre exhibition spaces I have ever seen. I would give it a
miss and have no doubt that many of the visitors would do the same. 204
artists exposed and looking at their names, there were not so many
French. Perhaps I should have made the effort to go as a bit of what I
saw on their home page looked quite interesting.
The
different art magazines that I receive give the FIAC enthusiastic
write-ups so when I go there I more or less knew what was in front of
me. The officially opening was a midday and for those of us who had
reserved we got in first at midday-30. Not a good start for me. The
French a their punctuality leave a lot to be desired. From the start the
crowds flocked in. I don’t know how many common mortals were around -
like me - as the collector’s and their fashion clothing, both men and
women, were very much there.
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| No sign of an artist's name |
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| but I think they are Anne Marie Schneider but is that the gallery or the artist? |
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| still setting up when we came in... |
Until I got home some fours hours later having only visited about 60% of the galleries, I was not sure how on earth I could write the chapter. What appalled me as it always does, 80% of the time we didn’t know where the artist came from; 15% of the time they were from Asia (the names spelled that out) and perhaps 5%,we had to decipher the hand writing…. What was even more difficult was that in many cases, the galleries had not had time to label the work, so the artist’s name was written on the wall….and no more than that…..
I went back to the magazines: looked at the giant catalogue and said « that’s it ». I’ll do as the magazines do but in the way I saw it.
Magazines had broken up « their favorites » by prices…favorite artists: the up and coming.
I would split what I saw into three groups:
-1 those I thought I knew and loved
-2 those I didn’t know and would find out more
-3 those I be putting in my living room….
So here we go!
THOSE I I THOUGH I KNEW AND FOLLOWED
But it wasn't always the case but there had been a real influence from artists I did know. Goes to show that I really am attracted to "a kind of art".
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| Markus Lüpertz - Arkadien - 3: 2013 |
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| George Baselitz "Naked Treeé 1989? |
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| Peter Doig "Purple Poui" 2011 |
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| David Hockney "The Arrival of Spring..."2011 |
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| David Hockney "The Arrival of Spring..."2011 |
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| Markus Lüpertz "Correction of Constructivism" 1981 |
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| George Baseilitz "A Bird" 1972 (so different from his usual work) |
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| Leon Golub NO title, no date |
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| David Hockney "Big Stone" 1962. I liked it at once but didn't find the artist |
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| Pierre et Gilles "Gavroche" 2015. Again so different |
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| Gérard Garouste "Le Héron au long bec emmanché d'un long cou" 2013 |
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Anish Kapoor - no date
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| Pierre Alechinsky "Le Bearceau de la virgule" 2005 |
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| Barthélemy Toguo "Roger délivrant Angélique" - 2014 |
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| Hong Hao "In the New Skies" 2014-2015 |
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| Jan Voss, "Are You Hungry?" 2014 |
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| Tara Dinovan "utitled" 2015 |
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| Kazuo Shiraga - 2001 |
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| Atsuko Tanaka - 2003E in 2003 |
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| Atsuko Tanaka - 1980 |
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| Saburo Murakami 1961 |
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| Eddie Martinez "Men's Health" 2015 |
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| Zhao Yang "Fly to South" 2015 |
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| Frank Stella "Arpachiyah" 2002 |
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| Pierre Soulages - 16-11-63 |
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| Barry Flanagan "Pipe Cleaner Hare on CLay form" 1998 |
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| Jean Dubuffet - "Site aux itinéraires" 1975 |
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| Picasso "Portrait de Dora Maar, tirage argentique ....1937 |
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| Laloy Yves, "Le Mal est mon seul bien" 1959-60 |
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| Francis Picabia "L'enfer" - 1926 |
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| Laloy Yves "Le Couple" 1960 |
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| Victor Brauner, "le Boyard" 1958 |
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| Joan Miro "Femme" 1965 |
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| Fernand Léger "La Grande Parade" - 1953 |
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| Fernand Léger "Femme tenant une fleur" 1930 |
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| Alberto Magnelli "Il Fantino" 1914 |
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| Alberto Magnelli "Donne al bagno" 1917 |
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| Miquel Barcelo - "Secousse", 2014 |
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| Gary Hume "Six Flags" 2015 |
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| Sue Williams "It's a Man's Wordl" 2014 |
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| Maurice Esteve "Dnce du Targui" 1979: would love to have it |
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| Maurice Estève "Trigourrec," 1972 |
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| Maurice Esteve" Déjeuner sur l'herbe" 1929 |
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| Georgia Russell "Filament ll" 2015 |
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| David Hockney "The Arrival of Spring...."2011 |
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| Josh Smith "untitled" 2011 |
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| Picasso "Personnage au chapeau" 1941-42 |
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| Picasso "Buste de femme" 1970 |
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| Cy Twombly "Nike Adnrogyne" 1981-83 |
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| Germaine Richier "L'Araignée" 1944 |
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| Jean Dubuffet |
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| Barry Flanagan "Nijinski Hare on Globe Form" 1994 |
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| Picasso "Flower" 1941 (oh how simple) |
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| Thomas Scheibitz "Portrait Louis de Marsalle" 2010 |
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| Anselm Keiffer 2007 - would never have guessed |
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| Zan Wioui- "No title" 1973 |
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Max Ernst, "Forêt" 1927 and of course I know him, but this?
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THOSE I DIDN'T KNOW AND WOULD FIND OUT MORE
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| Kazuo Shiraga "Ryusen" 1991 |
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| Tadashi Kawamata "Plan for Lyon" 2013 - the mounted wood was so delicate |
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| Saburo Murakami "Sakuhin" 1961 |
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| Huma Bhabha "Museum without walls" 2005 |
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| Philip Taaffz "Biolumen" 2000 |
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| Jurg Kreiebühl "Pétrole nymphéas" 1984 |
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| Bernard Requichot "Mine de Sel" 1954-55 |
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| Tobias Pils "Untitled" 2014 |
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| Jorge Macchi "Cover 03," 20012 |
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written on the wall "Piotr Uklanski
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| Jeff Elrod "Ancient ESP" 2015 |
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| George Condo "Blue Passages" 1999 |
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| Le Corbusier "Deux Femmes fantasques" 1961 - think I must get to know his painting better |
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| The painter's name |
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| Written on the wall |
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| Pascale Marthine Tayou (Cameroun) "Masques dévalés"... a name but not a date |
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| Ji Wenyu & Zhu Weibing "There live wild animals" 2012 |
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| Secundino Hernandez "untitled" 2015 |
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| Amand Jalut "Mating Dance" 2015 |
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3-THOSE I WONT BE PUTTING IN MY LIVING ROOM
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| Peter Saul "Stuck" 2007 |
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| Sold for 300 000$ Lee Bul "Monsieur: Pink" 1988/2011 |
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| Jim Shaw "The Octopus" 2015 |
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| Sean Landers (Deer) 2015 |
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| Carsten Höller "Octopus" 2014 |
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| Stephan Balkenhol "Nude Man with Ruff Collar" 2015 |
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| Danh Vo (and nothing else) |
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| Richard Hawkins (and nothing else) |
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| Marcel Broodthaers "Société Dévisage" 1969 (know him and know what I think) |
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| Chadwick Lynn, "Sitting Couple" 1990 |
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| Jean Dubuffet " Mire" 1983 |
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| Keltie Ferris "C!R!U!X" 2015 |
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| Enrico David "untitled" 2015 |
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| Philippe Cognée "Foule" 2015 - I can see the crowd and I am not good in crowds ! |
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Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg "Rabbit" 2015
So there you have it. There were many
more photos for my reference but this
was a good lesson for me.
I see the periods which I really like....
How about you ?
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