Visual arts

Where to Begin with Niki de Saint Phalle, written by Aurélie Lemaire for Slow Culture

WHERE TO BEGIN WITH… Niki de Saint Phalle

Visual 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.

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This Week in Arts Vol4 - PUNK GRAPHICS exhibition at ADAM Museum of Design Brussels

Punk Graphics exhibition at the ADAM Design Museum of Brussels – THIS WEEK IN ARTS VOL.4

This Week in Arts, Visual arts Marc Louis-Boyard

Want to hide from the current meteorological nonsense? In need of releasing (or getting back to) your Raw Power? Search no more: Punk Graphics is the exhibition you must visit at the ADAM Design Musuem of Brussels, located next to the famous Atomium.

This exhibition soothes the eternal “what is punk and what is not” debate by showcasing what epitomizes this era best. Let’s take a walk on the art side.

Note: a comprehensive review of our visit at the ADAM Design Museum of Brussels is available on the travel blog 3 raisons pour, so check it out!

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John Berger & Selçuk Demirel - What Time Is It - Book review by Slow Culture

John Berger & Selçuk Demirel, What Time Is It? (Notting Hill Editions) – BOOK REVIEW #6

Book Reviews, Literature, Visual arts Marc Louis-Boyard

The story behind the production of What Time Is It? is essentially meta. What Time Is It? is the result of a continuous battle against time for the sake of literary production. For the sake of material too precious to be lost or put on hold.

John Berger (1928 – 2017) hardly needs any introduction. The award-winning author of the renowned About Looking and Ways of Seeing  would be immensely proud of this finished opus, magnified by Italian translator Maria Nadotti’s introduction.

Notting Hill Editions released this book two years after Berger’s passing. This publication is also proving once again Notting Hill Edition’s legendary sense of tradition in modernity, et vice versa. What Time Is It? is a highly valuable handbook, made for the pleasure of the senses and the joy of knowledge.

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William Eggleston (photographer) – TUESDAY MUSEDAY

Tuesday 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.

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Basquiat’s ‘Defacement’ / Guggenheim Museum, NYC – THIS WEEK IN ARTS VOL.2

This Week in Arts, Travel Tales, Visual arts Marc Louis-Boyard

The museum and the exhibition: comfort minus the déjà vu.

For our first trip to New York City, we automatically planned a visit to one of the many jewels the city has to offer: the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Permanent home for contemporary art, ephimeral exhibitions are also notorious there, and the building’s architecture doesn’t disappoint. At our time of visit and alongside Basquiat’s Defacement: The Untold Story, we also enjoyed portraits taken by Robert Mappletorpe and sculptures by Constantin Brancusi.

To be completely honest, we weren’t familiar with Jean-Michel Basquiat’s work, which we only heard of while watching documentaries and reading Keith Haring’s Journals. Once reconciled with our humility, we fully immersed in this proposed portion of his art. That is the magic of primitive art: simple never precludes impact and meaning.

We would have loved to review our full experience, but we’re limiting this article to the main reason of our visit. Of course, 3 raisons pour will be your best ally when the time comes for a comprehensive walkthrough of the premises. EDIT: it has just been published here!

For now, let’s take a blogable tour!

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