SHARING WITH ME

From what we are seeing around Europe at the moment there is a  great ceramics revival: clay is oozing back into contemporary art. Many of the exhibitions l have seen show the ceramic medium more it would seem than before. Inevitably, over the past decade or so, it’s an arena dominated by works exploring the digital world: a preoccupation reflected in the glitzy hi-tech buzz of exhibitions around Europe. I enjoyed David Hockney’s work on the iPads. Would you believe that that is back in  2012?                                          David Hockney Unveils his Ipad But when the art form becomes « gadgetized » and nothing seems to be real anymore - (here I’m referring to photos which have been so color changed that one wonders what the original looked like) - and  videos too some artists l enjoyed years ago have now become way-out in my book. I discovered Jean Michel Aberola  in the 80’s and found his videos very moving then some how he went overboard. In this little video from Youtu

I had never visited the Fondation Custodia. In fact, until a few months ago when I saw a write-up on:-                                                  En route !                                    Dutch Landscape Drawings                            John and Marine van Vlissingen Collection I probably didn’t even know it existed. There is so much to discover and go on discovering in Paris. This is a little about the centre and it’s worthwhile reading.                                          Custodia Foundation Once Marielle and l got there we both remarked at once that there was no information on John and Marine van Vlissingen. I looked that up when l came home only to find that the van Vlissingen family are the richest in the Netherlands with quite an amazing background too :- John Arthur Fentener van Vlissingen (born 4 March 1939, Utrecht) is a Dutch businessman. He is one of the wealthiest people in the Netherlands and has made major investments in the travel industry