SHARING WITH ME

The Musée de la Monnaie had been renovated and re-opened its doors again last year. For the opening, the choice of artist, Paul McCarthy and the work itself was hardly appropriate for the Parisian spectator. A controversial green art installation on Paris' Place Vendome  (one of Paris's chicest square) was taken down after being vandalized overnight. The inflatable sculpture called "Tree" vaguely resembled a Christmas tree but evoked for others, including its creator, Paul McCarthy, a giant anal sex toy. The sculpture was deflated and folded up…. I had seen the exhibition - all in chocolate and frankly was not impressed. Sex toy or not, all those so called Christmas Trees lined up was quite sickly. 

So what would it be like this time? The second exhibition was with Marcel Broodthaers. I had discovered this rather strange artist during a visit to Brussels - a long time ago now. The title intrigued me « Musée d’Art Modern - Département des Aigles » He was born