New Painting
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008
Pablo Gonzalez-Trejo, Tali, 66 x 96 inches, 168 x 244 cm, 2007, Oil on Canvas

Pablo Gonzalez-Trejo, Tali, 66 x 96 inches, 168 x 244 cm, 2007, Oil on Canvas

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The colors have arrived… go fetch here

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Dijon Graduates art big… too. These two friends Ida Tursic & Wilfried Mille graduated from Beaux Arts Dijon the same year as me and have become very strong in their work. I was happy to see this new work they are doing… take a look… read more here, see their work here, see FIAC 07 slide show here.

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Sigmar Polke is the master… king of the biennale… it felt like he had the most wall space of any other artist, long time ago (97) I saw his retrospective in Germany with a title that never left me… The Three Lies of Painting, his exhibition made me changed my way of seeing painting… back then and today confirms it… his work is it for me… read about him here
The Venice Biennale is the 52nd International Art Exhibition with the subtitle Think with the Senses - Feel with the Mind … it was interesting… yet it let me empty… It ends in a few days and here are a few pics (379) for you to review the artwork shown at this survey of contemporary art. enjoy virtual tour here

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Here are 441 pictures of the French art fair FIAC 2007 in Paris for you to review and see what I saw… I hope you can enjoy it.

Denied to participate but always fascinated by the superflat culture… Congratulations to the TM Sisters and David Leroi… Take a look at this video about Takashi Murakami’s theory of the super flat done by the BBC: Toying with Art

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Now that I have joined the skull making club of contemplation on life and death, youthful beauty, the brevity of human life, the inevitability of death, or simply the fashion wave, which ever suits you… I would like you to send images of skulls present in the contemporary art scene only, this to add it to my skull flickr set… see the slide show here
read more in vanity here, skull symbolism here and hirst’s skull here.

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Here are a few pictures of the art works currently on exhibition at Young Creations 07 happening at the Bellevilloise in Paris, France.
See the slideshow here