Perejaume
December 28, 2008 at 2:02 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: international, perejaume, travel
Perejaume, a brilliant local artist who first achieved international fame in the 1980s, is getting the retrospective treatment dedicated to the last 20 years of his career. Perejaume combines different disciplines – such as theatre, installations, literature and photography – to create his unique works of art. He has also invented a few new disciplines of his own, such as ‘pessebrisme’ (the making of nativity-like scenes) or ‘oïsme’ (the division of sound and vision using glass screens). If you haven’t heard of him yet, this is the perfect opportunity to check him out.
Voilà, Le monde dans la tête
December 27, 2008 at 2:01 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: dans, la, le, monde, tête, voilà
This brilliant exhibition investigates the predeliction of contemporary artists for recording, cataloguing, archiving and accumulating, including reflections on how the past century has been recorded, about the methods of contemporary art and about subjectivity and objectivity. Zoe Leonard investigates memory and the supposed truth of photographs in ‘The Fae Richards Photo Archive’, putting together the life of an fictional black movie star; while Georges Adgéabo’s ‘La Résurrection d’Edith Piaf’ looks at fan worship. Bertrand Lavier has gathered works by artists called Martin – the most common surname in France.
John Williams’ Movie Memories
December 22, 2008 at 1:58 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: john, memories, movie, williams
He’s the guy who gave us the ‘Star Wars’ theme, the man who made us all jump in our seats when a certain shark sliced through the waters in ‘Jaws’, who made our hearts leap to the action sounds of ‘Indiana Jones’ and who made us cry with the beautiful music to ‘ET’. John Williams, renowned composer and conductor, leads the Los Angeles Philharmonic through his many popular and remarkable film scores. Your favourite is bound to be there.
Frank Black and the Catholics
December 14, 2008 at 2:00 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: black, catholics, frank
In the past year, Frank Black – aka Black Francis of the legendary Pixies – and his new band have quietly released two excellent albums, full of honest and guitar-rocking pop kernels of truth. They show a man at the height of his song-writing capabilities, who by all accounts can shake infectious gems from his sleeves. The Stooges, the Clash and Crazy Horse are now amalgamated into one man and his band…
Muriel Leferle + Paroles d’Appelés
December 9, 2008 at 2:00 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: +, dappelés, leferle, muriel, paroles
These are two short films by photographer and documentary-maker Raymond Depardon. ‘Muriel Leferle’ follows a Paris prostitute through interviews with magistrates after her arrest on suspicion of stealing a car. She talks lovingly of fast cars, but insists she couldn’t steal one as she can’t drive, and, being HIV positive, boasts of her good health. ‘Paroles d’Appelés’ (made for the Ministry of Defence AIDS prevention programme) is an interesting series of snapshots of young men on military service expressing their views on AIDS. (In French.)
Sculpture Biennale
December 5, 2008 at 2:00 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: biennale, foreign, fun, sculpture
Carrara is Tuscany’s ‘Marble City’. The 10th biennale celebrates the town’s long relationship with the characteristic grey local stone. The exhibition traces the last 100 years of sculpture in the region, with particular reference to some of the major artists, past and present, who have worked there. Familiar names include Henry Moore, Joan Miro, Ferdinand Botero, Igor Mitoraj and Marino Marini. Some 130 works, including marble and bronze sculptures, plaster models and sketches, are on show in various squares, parks and galleries around town.
Marsh’s Library
December 4, 2008 at 1:59 am (Uncategorized)
Tags: domestic, foreign, library, marshs
Marsh’s Library, built in 1701, was the first public library in Ireland and is one of Dublin’s best-kept secrets. Hidden away at the back of St Patrick’s Cathedral, it is sometimes forgotten on the traditional tourist trails. Sir William Robinson, the architect responsible the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, designed the building and its beautiful dark oak interior houses four main collections of 16th, 17th and early 18th-century books. Regular exhibitions are organised around theological and historical themes and also prominently feature Jonathan Swift who, as Dean of St Patrick’s, was a governor of the Library.
