SHARING WITH ME

I was feeling dissatisfied. It’s probably the time of the year but even if there were a lot of exhibitions that I wanted to see, I felt as if I was turning around in  circles. Nothing really new coming in. After the exhibition on Schoenberg, I contemplated going to Strasbourg to see a retrospective of Kandinsky…but why? Of course I would see paintings that I don’t know, but I have been following Kandinsky for years now - would I learn anything new? Then a friend who is as keen on modern art as I am suggested Walasse Ting at the Cernuschi museum. A few weeks later I saw pictures of his work in one of my subscription magazines and decided to go.  Well - but I had better go and see to satisfy my curiosity... The poster for the exhibition A little about him: His real name was Ding Xiongquan, and he was born in 1928. Later he  chose the pseudonym Walasse Ting and the nickname, "The Flower Thief". In my book, he is an unclassifiable artist, who was active in Paris, ...

I had been looking forward to going to The Centre Pompidou-Metz for sometime and it was mainly to discover  the German artist and choreographer Oskar Schlemmer (1888-1943), who revolutionized dance and performance art especially within the Bauhaus. There was virtually nothing on Internet about him - or very little anyway but the couple of images I had seen of costumes, were fascinating. This  exhibition demonstrates his desire to turn performing arts into a modern art form in its own right, as well as his performances, dances and costume parties, and even his staging of works by great composers like Igor Stravinsky or Arnold Schönberg. Of course, no photos. I wasn’t too concerned as there would be on Internet - but there was not one picture of what I had seen. Very disappointing. Then of course I knew that I would be better satisfied with the exhibition  « Between Two Horizons ». My period and there would be a lot to see - and learn. It tells more than a...