SHARING WITH ME

You may remember that when I was writing a chapter following my visit to the Louis Vuitton Foundation recently, that a painting of Pierre Bonnard’s had impressed me. I decided to go and see the retrospective with Marielle. 

Pierre Bonnard (1867-1947) has always suggested naked women in bathroom scenes - and there are a lot of them. However, there are  other subjects as well. The exhibition present a selection of works from every period of Bonnard’s career. There were nine sections which I will not be following but it is quite obvious that when one wanders through the different periods of his life, that he is cheerful and positive with a very colorful vision of what the world is all about. Landscapes, portraits, nudes and still life (which really still does not interest me very much) are full of hope. Sunset - the Croquet game - 1891 Lunch under a lamp - 1897 The Loge (like Toulouse Lautrec) 1908 Marthe and the white table cloth 1926 Pleasure Be...

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...