Category Archives: Paris

Paris : Damien Hirst – The Complete Spot Paintings

January 17, 2012 butterfly

Damien Hirst’s latest exhibition, The Complete Spot Paintings, is being held simultaneously at all 11 Gagosian Galleries across the world, from London to Paris, Geneva, Rome, Hong Kong, New York and Los Angeles.

Presenting a retrospective of Hirst’s infamous spot paintings between 1986 and 2011, the exhibition features dotty canvases of all shapes and sizes, from miniature dots to large format spots. Viewers are submerged by this colourful pharmaceutical universe where no colour is being repeated within any single piece.

The artist is even offering a personalised signed spotty print to the lucky few who complete the polka-dot marathon and visit the 11 locations within a month.

We stopped by the Paris exhibition which expands over two floors:

View the full set of pics HERE

Paris, Shows

Paris: JonOne -The City Breathes

January 2, 2012 butterfly

French Galerist Jacqueline Rabouan Moussion

John Andrew Perello aka JonOne, legendary NY graffiti artist based in Paris is currently having a solo exhibition entitled The City Breathes at Galerie Rabouan Moussion.

In his new body of work, JonOne is blending multiple layers of materials from plexi, wood to aluminium and steel to create vibrant and dynamic three dimensional shapes which mimic the richness of the streets.

JonOne – The city Breathes
Until 21 January 2011
Galerie Rabouan Moussion
121 rue veille du temple
Paris

Art Fair, Paris

Paris: FIAC Coverage

October 31, 2011 butterfly

As seen on Arrested Motion.

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:

View the entire set of pics HERE

Paris, Street, Videos

Nick Walker in Paris

July 29, 2011 butterfly

More pics HERE

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.