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Post by Darcy on Oct 7, 2008 5:08:52 GMT -5
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Post by Happygoin on Oct 7, 2008 7:35:15 GMT -5
Yes, Darcy, this exhibit has been getting a lot of buzz, even here in the states. Even though I'm not the biggest Picasso fan, if I was in Paris, I'd be tempted to go.
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Post by sistereurope on Oct 7, 2008 7:42:31 GMT -5
Thanks for that Darcy! I may add it to the ever-growing list.
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Post by annette on Oct 7, 2008 9:03:20 GMT -5
Yes, thanks! Not sure that we'll have time for the Grand Palais, but we'll be at the Louvre and d'Orsay, so will probably take a peek!
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Post by Truffaut on Oct 7, 2008 12:40:36 GMT -5
Ooh, that goes on my must-do list. I'm a die-hard Picasso fan!
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Post by phread on Oct 9, 2008 3:30:57 GMT -5
It is amazing.... THREE MAJOR Picasso shows going on at once. I can't wait!!!!!
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Post by willow on Oct 9, 2008 15:41:00 GMT -5
Hmm this is a must see for me too. I've been to the Picasso museum and had planned on going back with my friend but this will be more interesting to me and she'll get her Picasso fix  |
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Post by nikki on Oct 11, 2008 7:09:55 GMT -5
This is on my must-do list, but my must-do list is getting way too long.
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Post by Laidback on Oct 21, 2008 0:44:32 GMT -5
We went to the Picasso et Les Maitres exhibit at the Grand Palais yesterday(Monday) evening and enjoyed it immensely and I am not, never have been, never will be a Picasso fan. He has aggravated me for over 50 years now, but this show was, imho, extremely well thought out and executed, with block-buster masterpieces including Poussin, Ingres, Goya, El Greco, Manet, Delacroix, Cézanne, Velasquez, Renoir, Titian, Rembrandt, Renoir, Van Gogh and several others, gathered from collections all over the world and presented together here in a massive exhibit filling some eight to ten rooms. All I can say is, GO!!! as this collection may never be reassembled.
This presentation makes sense by intelligently breaking down several stages in Picasso's career in individual rooms and representing his pieces side by side with the masters that supposedly inspired him.
The crowds are enormous, don't even think of showing up without a reservation, as even on a Monday evening the unreserved line required a considerable wait, while we only had a few minutes wait in the reserved line.
Do I now like and appreciate Picasso more? absolutely not. The ugliness and distortions he put the beautiful female form through is even more insulting to my eyes after seeing the pure sensuality of Goya and Manet's nudes side by side with Picasso's versions. After all these years I can only conjecture that he hated women and only used them. If Velasquez was alive to see what was done to his luminous Infanta Maria Margarita he would certainly have had to stifle the impulse to slap Picasso.
Phread, you were so right; I enjoyed this tribute to Picasso very much because of the magnificence of the pieces exhibited along side his works.
If you are a Picasso fan, you will be in ecstasy; if you are not, you will also be moved by the wealth of treasures from the art world here. Although this just recently started, my guess early on here is that this will go down as one of the best exhibits in several decades.
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Post by Shoesy on Oct 21, 2008 1:40:12 GMT -5
LB - I have given you a well-earned exalt for defending and extolling the beauty of women. And.......your critique of the art exhibit is just as praiseworthy as your food reports.  |
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Post by Anne on Oct 21, 2008 2:28:37 GMT -5
Jim, I didn't care for Picasso either (after all, I am an accountant so my sensibility to art is rather low ), but then I visited Picasso's museum in Barcelona and although I wouldn't call myself a fan now, this quite changed my view on him . The museum shows Picasso's evolution in painting from teenage onwards and it really helped me understanding his painting . There are also several variations on Las Meninas on display . If you ever visit Barcelona, I cannot recommend this museum highly enough . There is also a Miro museum in Barcelona, but I just found it dead boring (again, this accountant thing ;D) . |
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Post by Laidback on Oct 21, 2008 3:35:28 GMT -5
Ooh, that goes on my must-do list. I'm a die-hard Picasso fan! Truffaut, this is one you should not miss. It runs until 2 Feb. For Picasso fans it is an orgy, making up a little for the paucity of his meaningful works at his eponymous museum. There are many of his famous paintings absent such as Guernica and Gertrude Stein(in this case I thought a distortion of the subject an improvement ), but there is quite a selection from his young student days right up through his last days. |
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Post by Laidback on Oct 21, 2008 3:42:42 GMT -5
....There is also a Miro museum in Barcelona, but I just found it dead boring (again, this accountant thing ;D) . Anne, if there is anything more boring(pun intended) than accounting it has to be dentistry ;D |
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Post by MaisonMetz on Oct 21, 2008 5:09:46 GMT -5
Jim -
Thanks for the great review. We too saw Picasso et les maîtres on Monday. We were there late in the afternoon, thankfully with timed tickets or the wait could have been interminable.
I've never been a fan of his nudes, but do like some of his work, and I came away from this exhibition with a much greater appreciation for his versatility. I'd also not realized the extent to which he was influenced by other masters. The conception and layout of this exhibit were brilliant in demonstrating this, and the scope was amazing. What a treat to see so many excellent pieces by different masters from different museums at one time.
Several years ago (?) we saw an exhibit at the Orsay which reflected how Manet was influenced by Valesquez and other Spanish painters. It was fascinating as well, but didn't have the scope or depth of this presentation.
I do think this one deserves its accolades as the blockbuster exhibition of the season.
Jo
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Post by sistereurope on Oct 21, 2008 5:26:59 GMT -5
Wow, there were ALMOST 3 OP posters at the exhibit on Monday! Unfortunately Mr. Sistereurope and I got a late start, and then we decided to wander around outside (and to have a picnic) because the weather was wonderful. So by the time we got to the exhibit it was late afternoon and the wait was almost 2 hours!! We just didn't think that we would be in a mood to appreciate the exhibit after waiting all that time, so we left.
Now the problem...it's closed today and we leave for Toulouse tomorrow afternoon. We may have to try to get up and in line first thing tomorrow morning it seems!!
Thanks Jo and Jim for the encouragement to do so...
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Post by phread on Oct 22, 2008 12:46:04 GMT -5
I'm off to see it tomorrow. Fortunately my friend is a journalist and we get to go in through the Press entrance.
As for you, lb, "After all these years I can only conjecture that he hated women and only used them." You are DEAD ON. The man was a famous mysogynist. He loved to hate women.
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Post by Laidback on Oct 23, 2008 13:13:21 GMT -5
I'm off to see it tomorrow. Fortunately my friend is a journalist and we get to go in through the Press entrance. As for you, lb, "After all these years I can only conjecture that he hated women and only used them." You are DEAD ON. The man was a famous mysogynist. He loved to hate women. Phread, We are all waiting your educated opinion of the exhibit. Please give us an informed critique from your professional perspective and try to expand it to more than two sentences we need some meat to my skeletonic observations. |
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Post by cigalechanta on Oct 23, 2008 13:41:27 GMT -5
Jim, are you going to see the serge Gainsbourg exhibit at the musee de Musique?
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Post by Laidback on Oct 23, 2008 13:44:37 GMT -5
Jim, are you going to see the serge Gainsbourg exhibit at the musee de Musique? I hope to between meals. |
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Post by annette on Oct 27, 2008 17:40:20 GMT -5
We didn't have room in our schedule for the showing at the Grand Palais, but enjoyed the
Picasso/Delacroix exhibit at the Louvre this past Monday, and the Picasso/Manet rooms at Musée d'Orsay on Sunday. I know next to nothing about art, so don't ask for a comprehensive critique....but they were fun to see and made me feel happy (and a bit puzzled, but Picasso does that to me!)
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