Category Archives: Paris

Paris: FIAC Coverage

October 31, 2011 butterfly

Following the Frieze week in London (covered here), I headed off to Paris to visit the FIAC, the Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain in Paris at the Grand Palais, host to 168 galleries. While Frieze focuses exclusively on contemporary art, the FIAC also combines early 20th century modern art with the contemporary.

Of interest, Karl Lagerfeld designed the booth of Zurich’s Gallery Gmurzynska for the Rebels curated by Isabelle Bscher and featuring Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lucio Fontana, Yves Klein, Andy Warhol as well as Banksy and Scott Campbell. Also, sales were good as reported by Galerie Perrotin who sold a large-scale painting by Takashi Murakami titledAs The Interdimensional Waves Run Through Me, I Can Distinguish Between The Voices Of Angel And Devil! on the first day for over $2 million.

Some pictures from the FIAC:

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Paris, Street, Videos

Nick Walker in Paris

July 29, 2011 butterfly

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Paris, Shows, Street

Paris (FR): Space Invader ‘Invader 1000’ exhibition

June 9, 2011 butterfly 3 Comments

Returning to Paris after 6 years, French street artist Space Invader is holding his ‘Invader 1000’ exhibition in La Generale building until July 2.

The solo show celebrates the notorious Parisian artist’s thousanth piece being placed on the streets. It features the artists’ carefully documented work from cities across the globe including “invasion maps”, photographs, stickers, rubcubism installations, a speed ball machine and, of course, his custom mosaics.

Visitors were also treated to tasty customised waffles, while listening to a music selection from a very special jukebox.

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Invader 1000
La Generale
14 Avenue Parmentier
75011 Paris

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C215 Studio Visit

October 31, 2009 butterfly Leave a comment

If you going to Paris, visit Vitry-sur-Seine, or should we say C215-sur-Seine…

The city walls have been refreshed with colourful artworks by C215, showcasing images and portraits from his trips around the world as well as his daughter Nina. “I wanted to bring my travel memories back to my new hometown. People from all generations have been very supportive and local feedback has been overwelming.” mentioned Christian Guemy aka C215.

Wandering through the streets you can see an impressive and evergrowing display of works.

In the city center, you can contemplate this extremely detailed stencil of Chinatown, inspired by a picture from Logan Hicks. Show & Tell Gallery is hosting the first joint exhibition between Logan Hicks and C215 in Canada on 7th November. “Parallel Universe” will feature several collaborative works as well as pieces that are inspired by one another.

We were lucky to have a sneak pic into C215 studio before getting ready for an improvised live painting session.

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JR Women are Heroes – Paris

October 7, 2009 butterfly Leave a comment

Parisian photographer & street artist JR continues his incredible world tour dedicated to women in poor countries. A solo exhibition is running at the Pavilion of Arsenal from 3 to 23 October 2009. In parallel, he was offered the Ile St. Louis for monumental photographic paste ups. Unheard of in Paris!

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