Le Grande Louvre, I.M. Pei, 1989
Going through my photos, I realised I didn't even take a photo of Mona Lisa. But I did drop in to say hi to her. Our first stop today was the Louvre. We didn't buy advance tickets or speedy passes, so we just went early. The line was not as bad as I imagined it would be. I was even able to get a photo of the triangle without tourists in it.
Our last stop today was the Dynamo exhibition at Grand Palais. I was really excited for this, but was hesitant on bringing everyone there because it's not your typical tourist trap for things to see in Paris. On the other hand, it looked really interesting and I was the planner, so ha! Anyway, even though it's all art, it was a contrast between classical and contemporary. Plus it was much more interactive.
So go grab a cup of tea. This one is a long post..!
Parking for these two types only
so cute!
real buttery croissants for breakfast.
! I would try this, but I was walking through each wing too fast to test and enjoy this experience
Sarcophagus, Achilles in Lycomedes, ca. 240, Athens
The Coronation of Napoleon, Jacques Louis David, 1805-07
we so tiny!
Bell Idol
The Art of Islam
Pyxid bearing the name of Prince Al-Mughira, Spain Cordoba
Map explaining the foundation of the state to the empire that is Islam 632 - 1000
Mummy portraits, masks with recognizable features
Cupid with a Butterfly, Antoine-Denis Chaudet 1817
The original building of the Louvre!
Light confetti -- The place we planned for lunch had only 1 vegetarian option... a 10euro sandwiche
La Sainte Chapelle, a Medieval Gothic Chapel known for it's taaaalll stained glass windows
Jungle playground in the Tuileries Garden! and side hammocks! Let me in!
This was soooper! Almost like a funhouse..
This exhibition is like one giant experiential installation. DYNAMO explores the relationship between art and the viewer, and the viewer is in fact really just what your perception 'sees'.
DYNAMO - A Century of Light and Motion in Art 1913-2013
From the beginning of the 20th century to the present day, artists have taken a close interest in the representation of movement, the use of light, the different possible approaches to vision and the treatment of space. The exclusively abstract works which illustrate this interrogation each share these points in common, regardless of their approach, technique or nature, and whatever the time ro place in which they were created. They probe issues such as form, its presence and disappearance, perception, how artists work in and with space through experimentation, and duration, of which cinematography is a particularly good example. Presented under purely plastic and visual themes, they invite us to discover how some works are stable while others appear to move or are transformed by a motor, how some are dematerialised environments, how time is exploited, and how the visitor is called upon to participate in the experience and to feel sensations.
The exhibition is organized in a way that reflects the artists approach to vision or space, according to sixteen themes: openwork, permutation, concentric/excentric, interference, immersion, distortion, tactile, grid, pulsing, abyss, force field, cloud, halo, maelstrom, uncertain space and celestial.
Notions of space, vision and light run through the abstract art of the 20th century and interest many world renowned contemporary artists such as Ann Veronica Janssens, Anish Kapoor, John Armleder, Carsten Höller, Philippe Decrauzat, Jeppe Hein, Felice Varini and Xavier Veilhan.
Anish Kapoor, untitled, 2008
3D or 2D? Philippe Decrauzat, Shut and Open at the same time, 2008
Jeppe Hein, Rotating Labryinth, 2007
Francois Morellet, Triple X Neonly, 2012
Julio le Parc, Cloison à lames réfléchissantes, 1966
Francisco Sobrino. Unstable Transformation–Superposition-Juxtaposition, 1963-2011
Victor Vasarely, Sorata-T, 1953
Claude Tousignant, Surface Colour 1971
Francisco Sobrino, Structure Permutationnelle 1959-1967
Vera Molnar, Lent Movement Giratoire, 1957
Yaacov Agam, Double Metamorphosis III, 1968-1969
RGB! Carloz Cruz Diez, Chromosaturation,1965
Martha Boto, Clavier electronique, 1967
Beyond the Fans, Zilvinas Kempinas, 2013
Jeppe Hein. 360° Illusion II, 2007. It spins
Jesus Rafael Soto, Penetrable BBL Bleu, 1999 (Immersion)
This is a type of playground too..
Piotr Kowalski, The Mirror
Ann Veronica Janssens, Purple Turquoise, 2006
Gianni Colombo, Ambienti, 2008
G.R.A.V Labyrinth, 1963
Like a Kaleidscope! Nicolas Schöffer. Le Prisme, 1965
Timo Nasseri, Muqarnas, 2010
Angel Duarte, V32, 1963
Yayoi Kusama, Invisible Life, 2011
Ann Veronica Janssens, Magic Mirror, 2012
Alexander Calder. The Shield, 1944.
Digital display and NFC tracking, here
Fujiko Nakaya, Cloud Installation # 07156, 2013
We stayed until closing, but still wished we had more time.
You can find a collection of most of the works here. And a video visit of almost everything here. There's a few more notable ones without photos, that being James Turrell's Cherry (1998) and Awakening (2006) and Ann Veronica Janssens' Daylight blue, sky blue, medium blue, yellow, 2011. The room was a 20 minute wait, and we were the last ones in. Inside, we walk into an enclosed room that is filled with dense coloured smoke. You literally could not see more than 3ft in front of you. The light would change as you changed positions and it's harshness was softened due to the mist. The whole experience was disorienting since you couldn't see anything, it's like you were just enveloped in this cotton ball. It was like this image. Oh, and Conrad Shawcross' Slow Arc Inside a Cube IV, here.
Heading back out to the real world!
Paris 2013
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