FIAC 2010

The FIAC is an international art fair that takes place every year in Paris. The Grand Palais (lieu of several Chanel runway shows, including the spectacular FW2010 that featured slabs of imported ice to complement a bevy of fur clad models) presents hundreds of Galeries from around the world. 20th and 21st century visual arts are the only movements included in the FIAC, making it quite the colorful experience. Over 80 000 visitors enjoy the FIAC every year at three main sites: Grand Palais, Cour Carée du Louvre and the Jardin des Tuileries. There was even some Subodh Gupta! (Remember that post?) Ok. Enough background. Let's get to the visuals! An occular fiend, I am.

I think I'll organize the next few posts by gallery:

G a l e r i e D e n i s e R e n e




I particularly enjoyed the work of Walter Leblanc - simplistic canvas with a twist. Denise Rene seems to be all about a minimalistic take on innovation.

Anne Blanchet caught my eye as well - I'm quite the fan of works that make me look and think twice about how it was produced. This may seem like simple elevations in the canvas, but are actually precise incisions that mark the desaturation of light.

This one I absolutely love. Jesus Rafael Soto is a new favorite. A play on space and mass, these thin strings create the effect of elevation of the sphere they are attempting to hold up. The overall weighted effect of the peice is amazing in conjunction with the lightness of the individual parts.

I've contacted the gallery to find out the name of the artist who created this geometrical sculpture, so we will have to wait on biographical details. I love the dimensions of this - partly wall, partly extention, fully 3D. Once again, the simplicity of the white on white is something that attracts me to these peices.

UPDATE: This last one is by Mehdi MOUTASHAR.

Vintage Ads

Sweet retro style illustrations by MaxMidia that illustrate the incredible advances in social media and information technologies that we've created, integrated and updated into our generation. Sweet!




Song of the day: The Black Eyed Peas - Missing You

Side note

I really really want these stickers.

They're stickers. For your keyboard. N is for ... NINJA! and, of course, they had to put P is for Pirate there too, because there would've been serious consumer issues (i.e. stolen booty) if they had neglected to include both teams. If you have no idea what I'm talking about click HERE.

Personally my favorite is Q is for Quaker. Mostly because I'm shocked that:

a) it was the first one I saw (who knows why my eye was drawn to the wayyyy upper left hand corner of the keyboard - there must be some insane in depth socio-psychological significance for this)

and b) I instantly thought: QUAKER OATS MAN!

I also thoroughly enjoy G is for geisha, because of the semi-sexual reference of it, Y is for yeti because, well... that's awesome and B is for Bowie, because these stickers are partly marketed as: "from cultural icons to Greek mythology, this keyboard sticker set will advance the alphabetical knowledge of any child, or adult" and I would love to know what 21st century child has the adept cultural knowledge to understand the art that is Bowie.

Christopher Monro DeLorenzo makes these crazy stickers and many other very cool things that you can browse HERE.