Judy Millar outtakes

Some outtakes from the Judy Millar portrait over on FvF.

Il pleut sur la ville

It's been a very wet autumn so far down this way.

The official posters for the London 2012 Olympics & Paralympics have been announced.
Rachel Whiteread's one is clever. Gary Hume's is beautiful but I cannot see the connection with sport. For me though, Howard Hodgkin's is the pick of them.

cy twombly

Do not move
Let the wind speak
that is paradise.
... the verb is "see ", not "walk on"

Ezra Pound


Cy Twombly
24 Short Pieces.

Anish Kapoor au Grand Palais

I was luckily enough to see Anish Kapoor's scultpure at the Grand Palais in Paris last week. Mille merci Marion for the tip. I went early to beat the ques. It was the last day of exhibition. Merci encore Marion! I'd never been to the Grand Palais before and was completely wowed by the space.

You can see more shots of Monumenta here, here & here.

kodak ektar 100

image de la semaine

Monade, based in Marseille, is a project entitled 'Image de la Semaine'. They've recently put together a book of 200 weeks of images - exhibited by faberNovel in Paris last week.
My image is on the left - week 69.

Have a look at the other 199 - there are some beauts.

the real thing - part 1

Whilst in Helsinki, I went on a little excursion on the tram out to the suburbs to find the house Alvar Aalto designed and lived in for 40 years. It was his home and also working studio for many years.
It's a mixture of his well known furniture, vases and lights and also one off sample pieces which never went into production. Alongside Aalto's pieces, are designs from both his first wife Aino - a superb designer and second wife Elissa - also an architect.

These are from the upstairs bedrooms.

day tripper

It's thanks to Marion that I saw this superb exhibition on Tuesday and what a brilliant excuse to take the train to Marseille for the day. I wandered around Le Panier, had lunch at la Caravelle & then saw the exhibiton with Marion later on in the afternoon.
It was brilliant to meet her finally. She's a great gal; as I knew she would be. Funny and sweet and of course très chic!
If you haven't found her exquisite blog yet, then I suggest you do so tout de suite!

Thank you for all your comments on my Japanese posts. Bear with me, as I 've got a few more up my sleeve yet.

date paintings

I'm currently coveting a book of photographs by the German photographer Candida Höfer of On Kawara's Today Series hung in public and private spaces.

la mer...etsètera

I spent the day in Sète, a town close to us which, I think I'm right in saying, has the biggest local fishing port in the Med. I came specifically to see an exhibition by Agnes Varda who grew up in Sète. I also spent the afternoon wandering around the canals and along the waterfront, managing to get quite sunburnt in the process.

concrete honey part II

Images from the roof of La Cité Radieuse in Marseille where artist Olivier Darné performed an hommage to the sun as it went down with cellist Didier Petit.
Afterwards there was a honey inspired aperitif and then screenings of films notably a film by Maurice Chaudière.

concrete honey part I

The artist in residence at Le Merlan cultural centre, Olivier Darné, set up a series of hives on the roof of the building, where bees produced honey from the surrounding estates of Le Merlan, in northern Marseille. He's called his project Miel Béton (Concrete Honey). The honey is in fact very pure, as the bees don't collect any pesticides etc in the city, compared to in the countryside.
His project culminated in an hommage to the sun with cellist maurice Chaudière on the roof of Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse. This was followed by tasting of the honey and a series of films screened on the original concrete outdoor screen designed by Corbusier.
I'll put images of the evening at La Cité Radieuse up on the next post.
It was very good on toast for breakfast!