Aurélie Lemaire, Author at Slow Culture Magazine

WHERE TO BEGIN WITH… Niki de Saint Phalle

28 April 20203 May 2020Visual arts, Where to begin with... Aurélie Lemaire

Strong and fragile, feminine and feminist, Niki de Saint Phalle keeps on marking spirits as we reach the 20th anniversary of her passing. In this article, I invite you to dive into the rich and complex universe of this cult artist.

Here are my three reasons to immerse in her engaged, occult, colorful and laid back world.

Forte et fragile à la fois, féministe et féminine, Niki de Saint Phalle continue à marquer les esprits près de 20 ans après sa disparition. Je vous propose un plongeon dans le monde riche et complexe de cette artiste culte, intemporelle et iconique.
Voici mes trois raisons pour vous immerger dans son univers engagé, ésotérique, coloré et décomplexé.

William Eggleston (photographer) – TUESDAY MUSEDAY

5 November 20193 May 2020Tuesday Museday, Visual arts Aurélie Lemaire

« Aurélie? That’s odd for a name. That’s cute. » These are Eggleston’s words, thrown at me with a mischievous look on the occasion of a Spring afternoon of 2006, the day of a press conference held in Dunkirk for his « Spirit of Dunkerque » exhibition. Truth is, there are thousands reasons to like this photographer and his remarkable work.

« Aurélie ? C’est un drôle de prénom. C’est joli. » C’est précisément ce que m’a lancé, l’air malicieux, William Eggleston lors de notre rencontre en 2006, par un bel après-midi de printemps. C’était à l’occasion de la conférence de presse pour son exposition « Spirit of Dunkerque » au LAAC (Lieu d’art et action contemporaine). S’il existe bel et bien mille raisons d’aimer ce fabuleux photographe et son remarquable travail, en voici trois.

Aurélie Lemaire – WHY I WRITE VOL.12

30 September 20193 May 2020Literature, Why I Write Aurélie Lemaire

Aurélie Lemaire started off as a cultural mediator in the arts industry. Since her childhood, she’s been maintaining a relationship with words that became crucial and more and more vivid as years went by. Words seems to be following her. Or… Would she be chasing them all around the world for her travel blog 3raisonspour?

She currently lives happily in the Lille area (France) and works as a journalist.

Why I Write, by Aurélie Lemaire (find her previous apparition on Slow Culture here).

10 SPACES AND PLACES WITH 3 RAISONS POUR

22 October 20188 October 2019Literature, Travel Tales, Visual arts Aurélie Lemaire

Bamby Dubois is 3 raisons pour, but that’s not all. Bamby Dubois is not interested in glory, nor is she interested in showing off. She’s one of the few travel bloggers doing it for the right reasons. Never too high, never too low, she understood that cities, countries and continents are not to be consumed or idealized, but to be told. Far from fiction, her own reality is sincere and generous. See for yourself.

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