SHARING WITH ME

"Looking at Lowry "(1887-1976) That's what the exhibition was called .We were to see it at the Tate Britain in London. Pierrette had pointed out some of his work to me, but I knew nothing other than the artist had depicted the industrial revolution in the UK with accuracy. He was also known for his "stick people" and I could add "stick dogs"! If he was a painter of "modern life", the period recalls that of the impressionists but that period in Europe was, as far as painting goes, much more serene. Lowry was obsessed by crowds and that was probably unfamiliar in painting of that period. Going to the Match 1953 The football match A sky full of black smoke belching out of industrial chimneys, Wigan 1925 A manufacturing town 1922 Strangely enough, he was better known in France between 1928 and 1933 as his work was presented in the autumn Salons and critics were good. I guess his work reminded the French critics of artists...

A strange week full of oddities which I would normally not go to see. The first was in the Orangerie in the Luxembourg Gardens. Just on for a couple of days and as usual, I had time before going to a conference. Three artists. Niki Stylianou «Forest - Shadows and Light». Kilar with wooden sculptures and Fikret Moualla, paintings. The document outside the museum didn’t say much more than that. I liked Niki’s work. His father was Greek, his mother Russian and he lives in Paris. Not bad going. I would think that he had a real fascination for trees. He worked with wax which led him into a new area. Trees and each tree with its movement led him to another. Each sculpture had a different movement and his sculptures were reflected in his paintings. If you could define them as such.     I’m afraid that I have nothing to tell you about Kilar and not much about Fikret Moualla, although there is a lot on Internet.  Kilar's scculpt...

I know, it’s going to be difficult to believe but I spent the afternoon with Alice in Wonderland - version 21st century. She was very sweet and wanted to show me her chateau on the Quai de la Tournelle not far from where I live. She told me that her home dated from the Xllth century and that  after changing hands many times, new luxury flats were to be developed.  This, I don’t like at all and told her so. So she added:- «Let me show you how I live today. After the 22nd of September I will be returning to my own century behind the looking glass». We walked up the path together. It’s a beautiful exterior which we usually don’t have the pleasure of visiting - inside or outside. So I knew this would be very special. Unfortunately it was spitting with rain so the garden with it’s plants and the mirror effect of the sculpture could not really be appreciated. Alice told me that when the sun was out it sparkled with different colours and picked up the blues and greens of the...