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Showing posts with label exhibition. Show all posts
Showing posts with label exhibition. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Inner Worlds


At the Ian Potter Art Museum exhibition
Inner worlds: portraits and psychology
An interesting exploration of the tortured self
Inward looking artist Mike Parr
Of the space existing between soul and art production
Fifteen hundred self portraits
How many times does one artist
Sees himself differently?
I remember myself filling
Pages after pages with my signature
As to prove I existed as a teenager.
When is it time to declare enough is enough?
How long does it takes to recreate oneself
To push oneself to almost ego destruction
In order to connect with another facet of oneself?
Where does one go to explore one's dark side? 
Is self absorption art in it-self?
Monet became obsessed with the water lilies 
Growing on his ever changing pond.
One still wonders and ponders.
L. Bailliet©
17/07/2012

À l’exposition au Ian Potter Art Museum
Mondes intérieurs: portraits et psychologie
Une exploration intéressante du repliement torturé
 Sur soi de l’artiste Mike Parr
De l'espace existant entre l'âme et la production artistique
Quinze cents autoportraits
Combien de fois un artiste peut-il se percevoir différemment?
Je me souviens moi-même de remplir
Pages après pages de ma signature
Pour me prouver que j'existais adolescente.
Quand est-il temps de déclarer que c'est assez?
Combien de temps faut-il pour se recréer
Pour se pousser à destruitre l’ego
Afin de se connecter avec une autre facette de soi-même?
Jusqu’où peut-on aller pour explorer sa propre obscurité?
L'art en tant qu'absorption de soi-même?
Monet est devenu obsédé par les nénuphars
Croissant sur son étang ‘dans son jardin en constante évolution.
On se demande encore et on s'interroge.
L. Bailliet©
17/07/2012
(1) http://artsearch.nga.gov.au/IMAGES/MED/14895.jpg
(2) http://artsdiary365.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ngv-029.jpg?w=300&h=217

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Love and Devotion


Love and Devotion exhibition
Was mind boggling by the devotion shown
To the art of miniature by the unknown artists
I wished I had a magnifier glass
In order to study more of the fine details
In the frames of the paintings.
The cross cultural references were amazing
Across different times and peoples.
Of the seven paintings describing
The wives of the one sultan
Only one did not include music
Amongst the pleasures therein comprised.
It reminded me of the Dame à la licorne
Exploration of the seven senses.
How Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
Look so amateurish in comparison with
The miniatures displayed today!
Although it showed daily activities
Such as hunting for food and sport
And the usual glorification of war
It also included the pleasures and delights 
Of education, poetry, discussion
Music, dance and love.
What a breath of culture from the Greeks,
Mongols, Persians, Turks, Indians and Chinese.
It also illustrated the arrival
Of the Western Europeans
In those far flown countries.
One becomes a witness to history
While perusing those manuscripts.
What a lovely way to travel
In the past and far away.
L.Bailliet©
14/06/2012


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