Teinture vegetale, Couleur Garance
Some pictures of a week long course in vegetal fabric dying at the prestigious Couleur Garance school, see website here And back home, at the studio:
2017
Irving Penn @ Grand Palais
A little game of guess who that is… I’ll only help with the ones I don’t know 😉 And the much more moving series of just people.. The original set up On « Nuit blanche » evening
Prune Noury @ Musee Guimet
The artist Prune Noury was invited to show a retrospective of her work in the Musee Guimet, Paris’ Asian Arts Museum. Her stunning and powerful pieces where shown dialoging with the museums’ regular exhibition: Holy daughters and Holy river, queries the place of girls in India today; Terracotta daughters recalls the faith of millions of aborted girls
Fish market on Marseille’s « Vieux Port »
Which other can metropole boast an authentic fish market most mornings of the year, bang in the middle of town? We follow Jose Potier, epicurean, and owner of « Rhizome, Les racines du gout », a high end epicerie in glamorous Endoume.
Ici. Jean Pierre Raynaud. MAMO Marseille
Ici, 2017 Cuve au mâchefer, Cuve au cailloux blancs, Cuve aux cailloux blancs et trou d’homme, 1968 Autoportraits, 1980-86 Sans titre, 1993 Sens interdit, 2009 And also, La Maison de jean Pierre Raynaud, a 31 min movie by Michelle Porte … and finally a bit of blue sky and citée radieuse to
Onzoute @ Alexandre Motte’s gallery. L’invitation au voyage. Dinard
If you are wondering where you should be on August 11th, the answer is simple: Dinard. This is already the 18th edition of this event, imagined by Alexandre Motte, which sees all art galeries open their doors until late (sometimes very, very late..) and in a festive mood. With his never ending imagination and gift
Rosa Barba. Registro de transito solar. Museo Reina Sofia. Parque del retiro, Palacio de Cristal
Rosa Barba, Solar flux recording
Franz Erhard Walther. A place for the body. Reina Sofia. Parque del retiro, Palacio de Velazquez
A retrospective or Franz Erhard’s work. Seen here static, but clearly intended to be interacted with, see here
Ireland postcard
The greenery, the old stone, all the cliches are there, it’s just a matter of reflex to manage to get them in-between downpours of rain 😉 …. effectively escaping Lucifer!!
Dublin Postcard
Will spare you the coloured doors, let’s instead head up to Trinity college, home of the book of Kells And also to some contemporary art National Gallery Street art, the Dublin way, on walls, but also son some unexpected supports
Daniel Buren. L’Observatoire de la lumière. Fondation Vuitton
Dialogue between Frank Gehry’s architecture and Daniel Buren’s instalation, on an almost sunny Parisian day..
Icones de l’art moderne. La collection Chtoukine. Fondation Vuitton
Couldn’t resist a few shots of the sublime collection.. See if you recognise your classics 😉 ee
Design Museum, London
The has recently moved to it’s new venue and iconic 60’s landmark, the ex- Commonwealth Institute. Refurbished by John Pawson Himself, it is, unsurprisingly awesome.. A couple of shots from the free permanent exhibition. Clearly a must do while in London!
Salon Coté Sud 2018: Bleu infini
A blue edition, unsurprisingly, as the colour is unescapable at the moment, in all it’s variations and shades. I don’t really complain, as it is my favourite colour anyway, especially indigo..
Before/after: kitchen
Improving on improvement… adding kitchen shelving space Before: After: Sealing off an unused door, adding shelving space, a pretext to use that ubercool tin roof wall paper..