Louvre Art

Here is some art from the Louvre that I appreciated.

Alexandre Decamps
The Walls of Aigues-Mortes

The lighting in this painting caught my eye. I guess I'm a sucker for sunsets, but Decamps' painting seemed to warm up the museum. Browsing through his other works online is also a joy.


Alexandre Decamps - The Monkey Painter

Decamps didn't have much of an ego, but did have a sense of humor.

I remember sculpting this in kindergarten.

Here is art from the Elles exhibit at Centre Pompidou:

Nike de Saint Phalle

Funky sculpture of a bride right? Wrong: "The bride is a sort of costume, ..., clearly totally bankrupt of individuality, due to male shortcomings in practicing true responsibilities, and I think we are reaching a new social state, matriarchy..."

Gloria Friedman:

"It seems to me that previously, for women, the question remained of whether or not they had a place in the cultural landscape: one day the question stopped being asked.

This is pretty deep, very simple, and so physical, tangible, and visually appealing - my favorite piece at the museum.

Lost the blurb for this one. I think it was titled "Hot Dog World". I liked the geometry. It was made of a transparency over an orange tinted graph paper.

Vera Lutter
Rheinbraun 1

Not all the works were fiery feminist statements. This giant piece of industrial machinery looks like it's on Mars, and the inverted black/white effect gives me the creeps. It takes up an entire wall. I saw Vera Lutter's name mentioned on the website for the Gagosian Gallery, where my friend Max works. I'll have to talk to him about seeing more of her photos.

Alisa Andrasek
Biothing


Definitely a novel idea. Created using selective laser sintering and CNC milling. According to Wikipedia, selective laser sintering is a type of 3-d printing or additive manufacture that makes a product from a CAD file. CNC Milling is the use of computers to control fine motor tools such as drills, welding components, etc.