A VERY GOOD VINTAGE THIS YEAR
As we say in France, this is the "Rentrée" It's difficult to translate into English. The beginning of the school year or return to work don't describe the Artistic salons opening in Octobre...I have been attending the Salon d’Automne for a long time. But not since it was opened in 1903!
In
2016, I had been a little disappointed. There seemed to be too much
« deja-vu ». This year I was in raptures. There were 900 artists
exhibiting and 45 nationalities - mainly from Asia. It took me a good
hour this morning to go through the catalogue. A beautiful presentation
but a couple of things missing - page numbers so the index was pointless and I would like to have see the artist’s nationality along
side his or her name. Many are self explanatory, many are not. I also
saw a lot of work in the catalogue which I would liked to have seen in
real. All in all, the salon was a very rich experience this year.
Eight sections, but again I am not going to use these as they seem to describe the work which in many cases didn't work for me. One thing that did surprise me when I was going through my photos was the numbers of sculptures which had caught my eye. Some are very funny
If there was not a flag next to the title, I took it that the artists are French. What surprised me of course is where were all the International artists?
Another fascinating area was « recuperation » . Fancy making a picture out of mussel shells! Others too as you can see here.
Of course there was a lot of abstraction much of which I really liked....`
My daughter Nicky has had a breakthrough in her own work and I pushed her into going to see this salon herself. She did and with some friends. As I expected she saw pretty soon that her work belongs to this generation of artists. I hope her visit will bring forth some new contacts.
Here are some samples of her recent work. She has concoted a mixture of her own (water, glue, paint, sometimes siclicone or window cleaner!) . Before this is mixed up, she adds the colours she has chosen, spreads the mixture over the canvas. The colours can also be put on independently! Quite a process.
If you are interested in hearing more about her work, do contact her. l know she would be thrilled. ausysnake@hotmail.fr
They are small formats and in my book, quite beautiful. Especially the first one.
A few larger ones too...
I'll have a lot pleasure looking through the catalogue, even if it weighs a ton and the information I was looking for, is not always there.
The first Salon d'Automne was created under the initiative of the Belgian architect, literary man and art collector Frantz Jourdain, along with the architect Hector Guimard, the painters Georges Desvallières, Eugène Carrière, Félix Vallotton, Édouard Vuillard and the Maison Jansen, a Paris-based interior decoration office (the first truly global design firm) founded in 1880 by Dutch-born Jean-Henri Jansen.
Perceived as a reaction against the conservative policies of the official Paris Salon, this massive exhibition almost immediately became the showpiece of developments and innovations in 20th-century painting, drawing, sculpture, engraving, architecture and decorative arts. During the Salon's early years, established artists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir threw their support behind the new exhibition and even Auguste Rodin displayed several works. Since its inception, works by artists such as Paul Cézanne, Henri Matisse, Paul Gauguin, Georges Rouault, André Derain, Albert Marquet, Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes and Marcel Duchamp have been shown. In addition to the 1903 inaugural exhibition, three other important dates remain historically significant for the Salon d'Automne: 1905, bore witness to the birth of Fauvism; 1910 witnessed the launch Cubism; and 1912 resulted in a xenophobe and anti-modernist quarrel in the National Assembly (France). (Wikipedia
In
2016, I had been a little disappointed. There seemed to be too much
« deja-vu ». This year I was in raptures. There were 900 artists
exhibiting and 45 nationalities - mainly from Asia. It took me a good
hour this morning to go through the catalogue. A beautiful presentation
but a couple of things missing - page numbers so the index was pointless and I would like to have see the artist’s nationality along
side his or her name. Many are self explanatory, many are not. I also
saw a lot of work in the catalogue which I would liked to have seen in
real. All in all, the salon was a very rich experience this year. Eight sections, but again I am not going to use these as they seem to describe the work which in many cases didn't work for me. One thing that did surprise me when I was going through my photos was the numbers of sculptures which had caught my eye. Some are very funny
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| Catherine Lamacque - French |
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| Morgane Daquin "Reve d'insouciance" French |
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| Sidonie Laurens "Le Bandonéon"-French |
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| Decastenskjold "Watch Dog" - French |
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| Marie-France Fattore "Deux en Un" - French |
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| Carpi "Modiglianesque" -French |
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| Geraldine Dehayes "La Reine Sirène" - French |
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| Charlotte Petit "Paulette and the Chicken" - French |
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| How couldI resist this? K BO "L'epicurien"- French |
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| Iris Vargas "Velours Noir" - French |
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| Chantal Weirey "Danseuse timide" French |
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| Vasilije Vasa-Stojanovic "Le Differend" German |
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| Patricia Auria-Maze "Le Vent" - French |
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| Marie-Jeanne "Harpai-je" |
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| Aubert "Raging Lion" - French |
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| Evelyne Thabart ""The White Angel" - French |
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| Renepaul - "Le Marcheur de Compostelle" - French |
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| Alexandre Aimé "A crowd" |
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| Julia Williamson "A little Shiver" - English |
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| Sostarec Iztok - Eastern Block |
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| Françoise Francq "Elle M rêver "- French |
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| Françoise Francq "Elle M rêver "- French |
Another fascinating area was « recuperation » . Fancy making a picture out of mussel shells! Others too as you can see here.
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| Ambroise Monod |
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| Look closely - all recuperation |
Of course there was a lot of abstraction much of which I really liked....`
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| Darbra "Poussiere de Vie n°24" |
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| Shigeru Aoyama "Surface de l'eau tremblante" - Japanese living in Paris |
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| Yuko Kyuma "L'Espace-temps" - Japanese living in Paris |
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| Catherine Bourassi "Les lionnes de la Grotte Chauvet" - French |
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| Marie-Paule Prot "Flooded Land" - French |
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| Franck Comtet "Casse-Dalle" (A lovely montage) |
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| Regine Sarallier - "Bark" - French |
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| Juan Moroni "Les Ponts" Argentinia |
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| Kimiko Nakai "E-J13 - Phoenix" Chinese |
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| Brigitte Liegaux "Cedar" -French |
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| Tom Shichiro - "Femme qui rouille" (Womesn who rusts" - China |
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| Lorna Vanparys - "Six Gold Stars" American |
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| Alkaplan "Départ pour le chemin de Saint-Jacques Compostelle" - French |
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| Xinfu Wang "Marches" - Asian |
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| Alain Kramer "Balade sénégalaise" - French |
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| Françoise Bouchez "A la plage" - French |
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| Christophe Tresmontant "4ème B - Photo de classe" - French |
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| Gonçalves Bicalho "Maria Flavia" South American |
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| Celine Weber "The Deep" |
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| Philippe Moller "Déclinaison des gris n°1" - French |
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| Tsukasa Masumura "Après la Pluie" - Japanese |
My daughter Nicky has had a breakthrough in her own work and I pushed her into going to see this salon herself. She did and with some friends. As I expected she saw pretty soon that her work belongs to this generation of artists. I hope her visit will bring forth some new contacts.
Here are some samples of her recent work. She has concoted a mixture of her own (water, glue, paint, sometimes siclicone or window cleaner!) . Before this is mixed up, she adds the colours she has chosen, spreads the mixture over the canvas. The colours can also be put on independently! Quite a process.
If you are interested in hearing more about her work, do contact her. l know she would be thrilled. ausysnake@hotmail.fr
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| 10x10cm |
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| 10x10cm |
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| 14x9cm |
They are small formats and in my book, quite beautiful. Especially the first one.
A few larger ones too...
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I'll have a lot pleasure looking through the catalogue, even if it weighs a ton and the information I was looking for, is not always there.
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