Charleston dance!

I really like the rythm of the Charleston, dance from the USA popular in the 20's; it just makes you happy. It would be good to learn some technics! At the Bellevilloise they may have parties with this type of music: let's go soon!

FIAC 2011 Paris

I went yesterday to the International fair of contemporary art in Paris, and discovered some interesting pieces I wanted to share! Always some inspiring work of art and trends.

- First best work, by Michal Rovner at the Pace Gallery: a projection of slowly moving silhouettes onto a stone. Theme observed inside the fair: the mix of the mineral world with the technological one. Creating something prehistoric as well as contemporary.

- Very known artist but this work touched me more, following her previous work but very subtle display by Rebecca Horn with the colour capture of this crazy blue of the mechanical butterfly. Again exploring organic life movements which looks very real but is not...

- The curious association of a salon seat like eaten by the stone colour matching the green colour. Inspiring to imagine a rough coffee table against a seat! Have a look at this "Alchemy box" on GB gallery website: photo here
- Loris Checchini white books appearing from the white wall. Very well realized and always fascinating the public!

- The deconstructivism theme I felt strongly a time ago is also still on and explored by artists widely, becoming geometrical sculptures with coloured facettes; for me it's like giving a 3D shape' interpretation to the internet abstract world. Inspired by russian contructivism, seen a lot in graphic design, it explores space and beautifully frames an apparent void. I loved the work by Esther Klaes presented at Bureau gallery NYC. And Ernesto Sartori sculptures:

- Like a cubist paiting but definitely revisited personally: this sort of 3D collage of some rubber material by Carol Rama. I loved the interaction of the dark pink behind which surprisingly makes it elegant:

- The roughness of materials, destructed, recycled, elementary, chalk, wood, concrete, stones were very present but also very precisely displayed and organised to sublimate simplicity... Last instance for today is the work by Andrea Zittle which makes me think of a cave/grotto environment and also becomes an architectural structure, almost at the frontier of art?

Quartier des Batignolles 17eme visit!

That's now one of my favourite district in Paris: the Batignolles! Located slightly far from tube stations, it's very quiet! Discover a few design stores with very trendy selection on rue Legendre and stop to have a coffee at the corner. I did my internship on rue Nollet at Rochas (now unfortunately closed), and remember some very good restaurants around there. Of course go until the lovely Square des Batignolles by the Church. You will find the village feeling, charm, small streets and nice light, Bourgeois Boheme atmosphere... Also have a walk on this discrete passage: Cite des Fleurs: simply beautiful! Great on a sunny day, very peaceful ;)
Metro Brochant, La Fourche.

Les Journees Particulieres chez Louis Vuitton

On this cold Sunday October the 16th, I went visiting the Louis Vuitton Ateliers in Asnieres. It took us 5 hours of queue before getting in; the nice thing was to make random friendship along the way!... It was a very long wait since it was the first time LV was opening to the public its family home, gardens and workshops.
An extract from the brochure: "Established in Paris in 1854, the Maison Louis Vuitton embodies the art of travel. Louis Vuitton, who had trained as a packing casemaker but rapidly became an official supplier to Empress Eugenie, moved his workshops to Asnieres in 1859. The town, which was just beginning to urbanize, offered a host of advantages: proximity to Paris, the ability to transport the wood required for manufacturing trunks via the Seine, and the peace and quiet needed for skilled craft work..."

I very much enjoyed the outside as well as the interior look of the house, all Art Nouveau & Nancy style. It was good to discover step by step the manufacturing process and quality of the leathers. There's 170 leatherworkers today. We really feel the passion and strong ethic from the Vuitton family and why a real Vuitton is so precious and unique. Thanks for letting the public seeing the inside world of LV!