Monthly Archives: March 2008

Cellar Door Loris Greaud

March 27, 2008 by ArtJetSet

Cellar Door has two phases, ON and OFF. I had had the unfortunate yet sublime pleasure to experience Cellar Door on OFF. The entire of the Palais de Tokyo is assumed by the works of Loris Greaud. There is an industrial garage door, you stand in front of the motion sensor, and the door lifts. Combination of sound and light installations, I’m sure its spectacular when ON. The dark forest felt straight out of Tim Burton’s Nightmare before Christmas. Paintings […]

Categories: Paris • Tags: Cellar Door, Loris Greaud, Palais de Tokyo

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Mobile Art – Hermes HBox

March 24, 2008 by ArtJetSet

Director of Artists Space New York, Benjamin Weil and French fashion house Hermes, pair up in launching HBox, which was on view at Paris’ Centre Pompidou and will travel throughout Europe. In the Hbox, are presented video works by artists from various cultural backgrounds, discussing those exact issues, cultural diversity. Alice Anderson, Yael Bartana, Sebastian Diaz Morales, Dora Garcia, Judith Kurtag, Valerie Mrejen, and Su-Mei Tse. After Chanel and Hermes, do we see a future collaboration in fashion houses superseding […]

Categories: Installations • Tags: Hbox, Hermes

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Mobile Art – Chanel and Zaha Hadid

March 23, 2008 by ArtJetSet

Everyone is excited about Chanel Contemporary art Container by Zaha Hadid. Its mobile art looks like a spaceship, and houses artworks by Nobuyoshi Araki, the Russian Collective Blue, Sophie Calle, Jean Cocteau, Lipchitz and Diaghilev. Designed by the hot architect of the moment Zaha Hadid, it is inspired by the “mattlasse” quilting of the iconic madamoiselle chanel bag. First landing in Star Ferry Car Park in central Hong Kong, and then travelling around the world.

Categories: Installations • Tags: Chanel, Mobile art, Zaha Hadid

Philippe Bradshaw at Thaddaeus Ropac

March 23, 2008 by ArtJetSet

Philippe Bradshaw hangs coloured chains to create these stunning vibrant murals or more like tapistry.Using Pop Art Warhol-esque symbols and icons, other times superimposing video projections, the layers of chains which create a massive swaying tableau.

Categories: Paris • Tags: Philippe Bradshaw, Thaddeaus Ropac

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Exhibitions in Paris

March 23, 2008 by ArtJetSet

April in Paris, its raining…. why not check out … Elmgreen & Dragset, amorphose sculptures dressed by the biggest couturiers in Paris, at Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, 76 rue Turenne, 3e. Allan Sekula, short films and photographic works about workforce and labour at Galerie Michel Rein, 42 rue Turenne, 3e Gilles Barbier makes the imaginary and fantastic visible in lifelike sculpture at Espace Claude Berri, 4 Passage Sainte Avoye, Paris 3e Laurina Paperina, cartoonesque, humouristic commentaries like how to kill a […]

Categories: Paris • Tags: Espace Claude Berri, Fondation Henri Cartier Bresson, Galerie 208, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Galerie Magda Danysz, Galerie Michel Rein

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Fashion Houses and Art

March 18, 2008 by ArtJetSet

It is not a secret that there is a relation between fashion and art. What is becoming a dominant trend is the obvious unions of great fashion houses with contemporary artists. In collaborations, as seen when fashion designer Marc Jacobs assumed creative direction of Louis Vuitton, hiring Takashi Murakami to design the prints for the 2005 Spring/Summer collection. An recent collaboration with painter Richard Prince for this season 2008 collection We have also seen Michael Elmgreen and Ingmar Dragset who […]

Categories: Foundation • Tags: Elmgreen and Dragset, Louis Vuitton, Prada Marfa

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Grafitti and Linguistics – Casse-Toi

March 14, 2008 by ArtJetSet

When refused a handshake, French President Nicolas Sarkozy angrily responded “Casse-toi Pauvre Con”. Shortly after, the non-French speaking world asked “what is the translation of Casse-toi, and the french newspaper Le Monde responded in a hilarious article of how this phrase was translated by newspapers around the world. The Herald Tribune wrote “Then piss off you bloody idiot” and the AFT as “Then get lost, you stupid bastard.” French profanity at its best, Casse-toi Pauvre Con in the ruelles of […]

Categories: Graffiti, Paris, Street Art • Tags: casse toi pauvre con

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Art in the Streets of Paris – Buren and Bourgois

March 13, 2008 by ArtJetSet

Daniel Buren ‘s black and white marble columns were installed in the Cours de Palais Royale in 1986. C’est beau. A dominant theme in his works, a dialogue between the art in the museum confines and out, a modernized mirror of the columns and arcades which surround the works. In 1986 when the work was comissioned for the space, as typical French tradition, it created a scandal, modern art’s place within the cours behind the Comedie Francaise. Now, 2008 the […]

Categories: Ashley Higgins, Installations • Tags: ashley Higgins, Buren, Louis Bourgois, Palais Royale, Spider, Tuilleries

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Candida Hofer at Yvon Lambert

March 12, 2008 by ArtJetSet

Candida Hofer is part of the new wave of large scale photographers. These massive photographs interogate the sensation, conditions, and the notion of space and how space is represented. At Yvon Lambert, the photos exhibited are locations in France, like the BNF national library, and the Hall of Mirrors in Versaille. The complete absence of human presence in these still historic lieux.

Categories: Paris • Tags: Candida Hofer, Yvon Lambert Paris

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TEN MUST SEE PARIS GALLERIES

March 6, 2008 by ArtJetSet

1. La Maison RougeLocated in a former industrial building, the gallery was conceived by its founder Antoine de Galbert in 2003. The exhibitions are often organised by independent guest curators, providing challenging or controversial shows but nonetheless always notable in their contribution to the current contemporary art scene in Paris. Next door is a branch of Bookstorming – a great haunt for art book lovers.· 10, Boulevard de la Bastille, 75012, lamaisonrouge.org, +33 1 40 01 08 81. Artists: Luc […]

Categories: Paris • Tags: Agnes b, Galerie des Galeries, Galerie Georges Philippe, Galerie Pierre Alain Challier, Galerie Xippas, Gallerie Agathe Gaillard, Le Plateau, Maison Rouge Paris, Marian Goodman, Rassage de Retz

Third Mind at Palais de Tokyo

March 4, 2008 by ArtJetSet

The exhibition Third Mind, curated by Ugo Rondinone, is what he considers a “way to harmonize exhibition of various works was to imagine, by a mode of self reflection, the global concept of organic chaos”. Basically means everything and nothing at the same time, giving way to an interesting assortment of artistic endeavours. With many random abstract sculptures, installation rooms with nothing notable. The works I found the most compelling were the paintings Madonna, and Birch Trees by Joe Brainard, […]

Categories: Paris • Tags: Joe Brainard, Palais de Tokyo, Sarah Lucas, Third Mind, Ugo Rondinone, Valentin Carron

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Spring Studios London Gallery Inauguration

March 4, 2008 by ArtJetSet

Spring Studios in London is where many of the important fashion editorials are shot. With great anticipation Spring Studios has launched a gallery exhibition space, inaugurating the opening is impressive Norwegian photographer, Solve Sundsbo. Sundsbo’s portraits are often very simple, constructing an architecture of the body. This is a great concept for the state of contemporary photography. As fashion photographers gradually gain esteem in the acedemic threshold, launching galleries in conjunction with studios!! bravo Spring Studios!!

Categories: London • Tags: Solve Sundsbo, Spring Studio London

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Tim Nobel and Sue Webster at Gagosian London

March 3, 2008 by ArtJetSet

The Gagosian on Davies Street London, its more of a Vitrine than a gallery. The perfect location to exhibit the works of Tim Nobel and Sue Webster, famous for their trash heap sculptures which produce hyper realistic shadows on the wall. Their sculptural works are a sardonic commentary on narcissistic nature of consumer society. Sacrificial Heart, is a large rotating sculpture, it spins as the lights roll on and off. A take off on Vegas and tatoos, shot gun weddings […]

Categories: London • Tags: Gagosian London, Sue Webster, Tim Nobel

Unviersity of Arts London

March 2, 2008 by ArtJetSet

Good Work is a collection of paintings by students who studied under professor of painting Clyde Hopkins, at University of the Arts London. We see all the local London heros of the contemporary painting, like Peter Doig, Chris Ofili. As well as some stunning works by recent graduates and masters teacher assitants. Chantel Joffe’s tiny paintings, her use of think palet knife strokes and somber colours conveys a solmness of the lone seated girl. Martin Westwood pen an ink graphic […]

Categories: London • Tags: Chantal Joffe, Chris Ofili, Nicky Hoberman, Peter Doig, University of Arts London

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Monthly Archives: March 2008

Cellar Door Loris Greaud

Mobile Art – Hermes HBox

Mobile Art – Chanel and Zaha Hadid

Philippe Bradshaw at Thaddaeus Ropac

Exhibitions in Paris

Fashion Houses and Art

Grafitti and Linguistics – Casse-Toi

Art in the Streets of Paris – Buren and Bourgois

Candida Hofer at Yvon Lambert

TEN MUST SEE PARIS GALLERIES

Third Mind at Palais de Tokyo

Spring Studios London Gallery Inauguration

Tim Nobel and Sue Webster at Gagosian London

Unviersity of Arts London