got wood?
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Monday, April 30, 2007 at 4/30/2007 09:14:00 PM.
wooden balustrade in the state bedroom at Hotel de Soubise / National Archives
18th century paintings by Natoire inserted into wooden panels
Bedroom panels
Labels: Architecture shot, Art, Interiors
Jackson Pollock, close-up, "got milk?"
it's a beautiful day for some Pompidou art-ing...Labels: Architecture shot, Art, painting
Correspondences Musée d'Orsay / Contemporary Art
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Saturday, April 28, 2007 at 4/28/2007 11:22:00 PM.
We all love kitsch don't we? Don't we??
Most of all if it's sexy homoerotic kitsch with a taste of glamour:
Take a look at these works by Pierre et Gilles currently on display at Musée d'Orsay!
Pierre and Gilles, "Abel"
Vincent Feugère des Forts, "The Death of Abel"
Take a look at these works by Pierre et Gilles currently on display at Musée d'Orsay!
Pierre and Gilles, "Abel"
Vincent Feugère des Forts, "The Death of Abel"The goal of those exhibitions is to invite a contemporary artist who chooses a work from the museum and presents one of his own works beside it. The dialogue between the two creates the double possibility of seeing the collections in another light and giving a different resonance to their modernity.
The exhibition is still visible form 20 February - 20 May 2007! So hurry up for the precious kitsch!
Labels: Art, MUSEUMS, photography
Markings on a house front, showing the water level of the 1910 Paris flooding; next to Musée d'OrsayI am the eye from the sky...look at my view!
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Friday, April 27, 2007 at 4/27/2007 06:25:00 PM.
With such lovely summer weather, who wants to stay in?
I wanna be in TriBeCa right now...
whole industry mourning after Yeltsin death, asking 'who will buy all our vodka now?'
Labels: Politics
Lost your marbles?
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Thursday, April 26, 2007 at 4/26/2007 07:17:00 PM.
way too many tourists for today...
Labels: Louvre
"arab countries discover the Simpsons""Conceived by the French cartoonist Plantu, ‘Cartooning for Peace’ is an initiative born on October 16, 2006 at the UN Headquarters in New York. Twelve of the most renowned political cartoonists from all over the world participated in a two-day conference to help us ‘Unlearn intolerance’. The conference was accompanied by an exhibition."
The exhibition is now in Paris:
From 11 April at the Ministry of Culture in Paris - 182 rue Saint Honoré - 75001(Métros Palais Royal or Louvre-Rivoli)
Labels: exhibitions, Politics
A Royal-ist white-trash campaign, yall!
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Wednesday, April 25, 2007 at 4/25/2007 08:49:00 PM.
The Segolène sticker campaign! "Demain ne se fera pas sans toi" ("Tomorrow can't get done without you"), on display! Go for street wear! Better than Starbucks? Who cares? Boogie with a suitcase! You're livin in a disco!
Vote, you fools!
Go politics!
Rock da vote!
Vote or die!
Just do it!
Always Coca Cola!
Sex sells!
...
Go politics!
Rock da vote!
Vote or die!
Just do it!
Always Coca Cola!
Sex sells!
...
we are beautiful bitches!
Labels: Ads, and now for something completely different, Politics
little red-cap and the big bad big-balled... raccoon
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Tuesday, April 24, 2007 at 4/24/2007 11:11:00 PM.
I just love the japanese version of the little red-cap and the big bad big-balled raccoon.... can't get enough of that... hmmm; wonder what happens in the end here?Any bright ideas?
Parfaitement, monsieur le premier ministre!
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on at 4/24/2007 10:48:00 PM.
This is the 1988 French televised presidential debate: opposing president Mitterand to his prime minister, Chirac.
Mitterand starts hitting on Chirac, to which chirac replies: " tonight I'm not the prime minister, and you are not the president, we are merely 2 candidates (on equal first round percentage points). you may permit me then to call you 'monsieur' Mitterand "
To which Mitterand replies: " and you are absolutely right to do so, mister prime minister!"
The expression on Mitterands face on the second after this is just priceless...
Labels: Politics, Talking Pictures
It's VINTAGE POLITICS, baby!
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Monday, April 23, 2007 at 4/23/2007 03:12:00 PM.
Palais Royal - Blowing in the wind
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on at 4/23/2007 02:51:00 PM.
Here they are, Palais Royal's new inflatable condoms!They are actually part of an exhibition by korean artist Shim Moon Seup...
And here we have the canon of the Palais Royal, supposed to sound on noon every day from 1786 till 1914, but it has been out of order for a very long time now
There is an inscription on it: "Horas non numero nisi serenas" meaning 'I only count the serene hours'. Those times have gone since 1914.
There is an inscription on it: "Horas non numero nisi serenas" meaning 'I only count the serene hours'. Those times have gone since 1914.
Labels: exhibitions
Is there a life outside of my appartment?
1 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on at 4/23/2007 01:52:00 AM.
"Hell is other people!"
I'd like to see hell then, 'cause I've been inside these walls for the whole day. If it weren't for that window and this magic internet connection, it would feel like Guantanamo Bay... without the orange suits. Damn my exam revisions! Damn the 18th century!
I opened the window earlier, and the fresh air was reinvigorating my senses. At least I get some interaction by this blog, but it somehow feels very one-sided. Maybe no one reads this stuff. Maybe no one cares. Nobody cares about blogs, everyone has one, you just browse as if it was a supermarket.... where am I going with this? No idea, but I need to get some writing exercise.
I want to start painting some more, do portraits and ink drawings.
I close my eyes and my head starts to turn around, I nearly collapsed a few minutes ago.
I gotta get out tomorrow, or else I start to create an imaginary friend in a parallel universe and then go wondering why the hell I can't see him...
And I'm out of toilet paper and post-its fyi.
I'd like to see hell then, 'cause I've been inside these walls for the whole day. If it weren't for that window and this magic internet connection, it would feel like Guantanamo Bay... without the orange suits. Damn my exam revisions! Damn the 18th century!
I opened the window earlier, and the fresh air was reinvigorating my senses. At least I get some interaction by this blog, but it somehow feels very one-sided. Maybe no one reads this stuff. Maybe no one cares. Nobody cares about blogs, everyone has one, you just browse as if it was a supermarket.... where am I going with this? No idea, but I need to get some writing exercise.
I want to start painting some more, do portraits and ink drawings.
I close my eyes and my head starts to turn around, I nearly collapsed a few minutes ago.
I gotta get out tomorrow, or else I start to create an imaginary friend in a parallel universe and then go wondering why the hell I can't see him...
And I'm out of toilet paper and post-its fyi.
Labels: Nonsensical rambling
Paris votes today!
1 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Sunday, April 22, 2007 at 4/22/2007 12:17:00 PM.
Let's hope for a clean first round!
Labels: Politics
well she certainly knows who her favorite candidate is
What happened here? Why can't I remember? Where is CSI Paris when you need them?Another night of stalking and art openings
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 4/21/2007 11:55:00 PM.
Tonight, opening at Galerie Yvon Lambert! (something arty on the walls I think)Fun fun fun, but nothing to drink. Most openings were on the other side of the river, and we were lazy asses and wanted to stay central...
But still, we met the usual people: I had my weekly glimpse at Andrée Putman once again (tradition oblige) and we also saw famous architect Jean Nouvel, and an impromptu visit by french prime minister Dominique de Villepin, together with his bodyguards...
here it is, the weekly Andrée Putman shot...
a very blurry Dominique de Villepin in casual dress...
BTW, Jazon, I think I found your marbles! They were behind my sofa the whole time.
Afterwards, some midnight shopping with Delphine
I'm gonna buy these babies sometime soon! (yes, they're shiny...)Labels: Art Galleries
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a typical central Paris trashcan's content
other trash can be found on the city walls...soon it will be over!
let's pray for the worst.
Still in the Louvre
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Wednesday, April 18, 2007 at 4/18/2007 10:24:00 PM.
Joe Colombo - Inventing the future
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Tuesday, April 17, 2007 at 4/17/2007 08:55:00 PM.
The Musée des Arts décoratifs of Paris is hosting the first international retrospective of the work of one of the most brilliant creators of his time, italian designer Joe Colombo (1930-1971) , from 29 March - 19 August 2007.So if you like futuristic ceiling televisions, pivoting walls with built-in minibar, underground ‘nuclear’ towns, come and see the show!
For more on the exhibition, see this page (french only, sorry) with some pictures.
Labels: MUSEUMS
memento mori
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Monday, April 16, 2007 at 4/16/2007 10:34:00 PM.
Why all the violence? Is campus life headed for a new down again?
Why not put mandatory gun detectors into every single building, public or private! People with guns would start to get marginalized everywhere, just like they did with the smokers...
Why not put mandatory gun detectors into every single building, public or private! People with guns would start to get marginalized everywhere, just like they did with the smokers...
Labels: Nonsensical rambling
A day of extreme studying at the Louvre
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on at 4/16/2007 06:55:00 PM.
You know Paris's number one tourist trap, the Louvre. People come together here. For their love of art. Or so it seems. Today was more a day of shouting and screaming: tourists screaming, children shouting, strollers strolling - too many people, as usual during a holiday break (or just any usual day).
This used to be a place where people come to contemplate, now it is a big tourist machine, serving more than 7 million people a year.
Why not make it a slogan, like mc donalds:
This used to be a place where people come to contemplate, now it is a big tourist machine, serving more than 7 million people a year.
Why not make it a slogan, like mc donalds:
The LOUVRE - 7 millions served!
And in the middle of it: we the students, trying to study for our exams in front of the artwork, surrounded by the noise made by one-day tourists from all over the globe: It's fucking Babel!
It got forbidden recently to take pictures in the most crowded rooms (certainly for circulation issues); when will they forbid people to shout?
It got forbidden recently to take pictures in the most crowded rooms (certainly for circulation issues); when will they forbid people to shout?
So today I spent nearly 8 hours inside the Louvre with a friend of mine, working on Italian, Spanish and french paintings... and I nearly lost my voice from all the talk.
Only 17 days to go before exams start!Labels: MUSEUMS
