A perfect day @ Shangai Art World

It’s obvious that contemporary art painters from China have bunch of new ideas, sometimes with surrealistic depiction… it’s fun to realize that all these are in the spirit of the modern Chinese society.


Starting in Taikang Lu, an arts and crafts enclave in the heart of the French Concession...


Where one can see some amazing work by Mr. Fish using traditional “Chinese Red” and painting layer by layer…


or something more classical...


continuing in MOCA (Museum Of Contemporary Art)...


at the ReFlection oF Minds...


autonomous breathing...


warmed up ice...


food in the air...


catching a sight on the Japanese pop art at SWFC…


Japan: kingdom of characters...


with sexy context ;)


It’s time for something much more serious; Shanghai’s blossoming arts district M50...


fundamentally China has formed an independent system of art…


fueled with a political criticism...


and erotic…


which reflect realistic situation.

A perfect day @ Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Unfortunately (or fortunately for the story), Emi is behind the camera. She's used to being behind the camera, prodding people to do things :-)

Gosse De Peintre: BEAT TAKESHI KITANO

This is contribution from my dearest Japanese friend Emi; enjoy!

There're much more inspiring art pieces at the exhibition. It's worth visiting if you're tempted for bizarreness, but brights your spirits, or simply for a good laughter - life is a stage to play :D

Opening Hours/Admission:
March 11 - September 12, 2010
Open every day except Monday, 11:00 am - 8:00 pm
Tuesday evenings until 10:00 pm
Admission: 7,50 €

Access:
261, boulevard Raspail 75014 Paris

Website:
http://fondation.cartier.com


With Joy, humor and seriousness, Beat Takeshi Kitano has thrown himself into Gosse de Peintre, an unusual project that subtly, if impertinently, alights in the realm of childhood. With paintings ans videos, objects and settings, machines, and games - all the while mocking contemporary art, experimenting with the sciences and toying with cliché related to his country, Japan.


An Invitation from the Fondation Cartier:
While this insatiable artist finds inspiration everywhere, two leitmotifs occur frequently in his work: nostalgia for childhood, and his relationship with the image. The passion for the images appear in his paintings and films. Kitano has never submitted to the numerous requests of museums to exhibit his work. The encounter with the director of Fondation Cartier opened the possibilities to dive into his world ...


Upon entering the small gallery, the visitor is greeted by a model of Beat Takeshi Kitano which is observing his own brain and is engaged in an internal dialogue: Who are You Who is Looking at Me!? This "self-portrait with brain" hints at the spirit of the exhibition, a real journey into the heart of Kitano"s imaginary universe.


Transgenically Bred Fish Pre-Stuffed with Sushi - pokes fun at technological progress ...

... but where our admiration of art of making sushi by human hand? It even inspires to go through the process of sushi making in my experience :)

But of course, I'm totally up for tuna-free sushi!
See here.

Now we consumers to be aware, practice conscious eating, transform our minds ..


The Animal Flower Vases:
While recovering from the 1994 motorcycle accident that almost cost him his life, Kitano created a series of disturbing paintings in 1996 that depicted hybrid animal-flower creatures. There works accented several scenes of his film Hana-bi.

The World Is Yours

It's hard to ignore rumblings about art...


and the result is The World Is Yours, the biggest contemporary art show at Louisiana, Copenhagen in years.


especially if you want to enjoy art at -10[degrees]C...


singing microscope...


wooden/metal skeleton...


or toilet platforms.

Don't miss it.

The World is Yours
5 september 2009 - 10 january 2010

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Gl. Strandvej 13
3050 Humlebæk

Picasso: Challenging the Past

I'm positive none will dispute that Pablo Picasso is, or rather was, a genius.

Personally, I adore his works. I've always been conscious about his place in the modern art, especially by his later works, but this retrospective if you like, of Picasso’s work is simply astonishing.

From his start as a passionate student until end of his live, he always was ready to explore and make his commentary on the images captured by the old masters and some of his contemporaries and major rivals.

One can easily notice Picasso competitiveness with Poussin, Delacroix, Manet, Degas, Henri Matisse, to name but a few.


Pablo Picasso, ‘Man with a Straw Hat and an Ice Cream Cone’, 1938, Musée Picasso, Paris © RMN / Jean-Gilles Berizzi / Succession Picasso / DACS 2009

Highly recommended.

National Gallery, London
Period: until 7 June 2009


Of course, a perfect place for later reflection is seated at sushi counter at Matsuri Restaurant.

I had an assorted sashimi (tuna, salmon, shrimp, sea bass…) and this was one of the freshest sashimi I had in Europe, though bit pricey. I’ll be going again and I definitely recommend it.

Matsuri St James's
15 Bury Street
London SW1Y 6AL