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.
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.
