Art In Paris October 2015

So much great art to see on this trip and other than the marvelous exhibition at the Musee d'Orsay Splendor and Misery Prostitution, 1850~1910, my visits were limited to galleries. Here's a glimpse of the art I saw and soon to follow, a post of store fronts and window displays. Above, surreal artwork at the exceptional Caffe Stern in the passage Panorama off the Grand Boulevard.

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 Mirka Lugosi forest piece @ Galerie 24b group show

and below, elle meme

 Serena Carone Les Yeux @ Galerie 24b group show

 Caroline Sury cut paper piece ready to hang at the Arts Factory Galerie

Mirka Lugosi and Gilles Berquet in their studio and below, a 

life affirming piece by Mirka

 Gilles Berquet from Le Jeu series

 Musee d'Orsay prostitution exhibition (above) La Femme Violette [detail] 
1891 and (below) la chaise d'amour (fucking chair)

Nicole Canet Galerie Au Bonheur du Jour her must see photographs 

exhibition Maisons Closes and below, also on display, 

a room heater from La Chabanas, a notorious Parisian 

maison close, whore house circa 1900

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PARIS: October 2013 The Male Nude Masculin x 2

Certainly one of the main attractions this season in Paris is the Masculin exhibition at the Musee d'Orsay. An extensive view of the male figure as seen in paintings, sculpture and photographs from antiquity to today. The art is overwhelming, the installation less so. It is necessary viewing and runs until January.

On the other hand, and just a few metro stops way, is a second exhibition devoted to the male figure: Nus Masculins. It is an eclectic collection of paintings, drawings and objects exploring the male figure from the sacred to the profane, presented by Nicole Canet at her galerie, Au Bonheur du Jour. In certain ways the high-art/low-art aspects of this exhibition, and the imitate gallery space, leave a longer lasting impression. See the exhibition at this wonderful gallery until the end of January.

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