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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 20:44:45 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2014 22:20:28 GMT
That's an excellent link, Lizzie, because it gives a much better view of the painting, as well as explaining it. I think I read recently that the Pompidou Metz is going to try to get a semi-permanent collection to display in at least one of the galleries, because its constantly rotating exhibits have met with variable success and particularly the local residents have been disappointed that there are not masterpieces that they can be assured of seeing again on return visits. People apparently need to feel that certain things don't change in order to be attached to their museum. In any case, the director of the museum recently changed, because the previous director is now in charge of the Picasso Museum in Paris, which just reopened last weekend. So new things can be expected. Anyway, I was a bit disappointed to have been charged 10 euros for visiting this time, because that is the fee when all three galleries are open. When only 2 galleries are open, the price is 7 euros. Technically, the third gallery was open... but empty. They are preparing a new exhibit, so they just allowed access to the "panoramic views of the city." If the weather had been spectacular, I wouldn't have given it a second thought, but the morning fog had barely lifted and the view of the city was totally blah.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2016 15:01:25 GMT
Last week I needed to go to Metz to pick up a car. My train arrived at 12:08 but my car wasn't available until 14:00. During previous trips this was an annoying anomaly because one of the main trains from Paris arrives at 12:08 but all of the car agencies were closed for lunch at that time. This time I noticed that the agencies have moved into the 21st century and are now open until 12:30. However, I had booked on a special weekend rate that does not start until 14:00 on Thursday, so I knew I had to wait anyway unless I wanted to wheedle. But, no I didn't because I had already figured out that it provided me the perfect opportunity to make another trip to the Centre Pompidou Metz while I was waiting. I think this was my 3rd visit there. Unfortunately only 2 of the 4 galleries were open. They were setting up a new exhibition in gallery 1 with multimedia works from the Tate (Liverpool), the MMK (Frankfurt) and the Pompidou Metz starting on October 19. It will be about the disappearance of art in the year 2052 and the 80 works worth saving temporarily before the apocalypse. I am hooked on the idea already. In another gallery, they are preparing an exhibition devoted to Oskar Schlemmer starting 13 October. I don't know enough about him to have an opinion. The Grande Nef was open with its monumental permanent collection (with things that don't even fit into the Pompidou Paris) and a not-very-fascinating exhibition of "music and art" with some deconstructed musical instruments, video archives and some audiovisual events that did not leave a lasting impression on me. That left one other gallery to see. That left gallery 3, which absolutely enchanted me. It was about the German avant-garde around the beginning of the 20th century, which has been sorely ignored in France due to the geopolitics of the time. This explains most of the reason for the situation. By peering closely at the tags on the artworks, I saw that absolutely everything seemed to come from the Saarlandmuseum in Saarbrücken. This made me wonder what on earth was still in that museum since everything seemed to be here. There were quite a few absolutely splendid works by Renoir, Manet, Derain, Gaugin and other French artists over which the Orsay in Paris would drool, but there were also works of equal quality by German artists with whom I was not at all familiar. They were completely ignored by the French just because France was the centre of the art world back then and Germany was not a friendly country. But then there were other sections of the exhibition with the Bauhaus movement with Kandinsky, Klee, Moholy-Nagy and other fabulous artists covering all of the movements of the time from impressionism to fauvism to cubism. This was very much a revelation to me even though it is obvious that various cultures tend to hide the achievements of less friendly parties. One of the best things about Metz is its Franco-German culture, which it shares with Trier, Saarbrücken and Luxembourg. These cities share their culture in an area where borders have become meaningless after so many centuries of tug-of-war. Saarbrücken is only 59 kilometres from Metz, and I finally discovered the reason for this exhibition as I was leaving. The Saarlandmuseum is being renovated and is closed until 2017, so the works on display are indeed the main part of the "modern" section of the museum in Saarbrücken. Luckily, I will be back in Metz in November and should have a chance to see those upcoming exhibitions.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 9, 2016 15:45:00 GMT
Overjoyed to see the latest installation on this thread, hands-down one of my favorites from the whole forum. To people seeing it for the first time, or to those like me who have managed to miss a couple of the updates, do go back & look at it from the beginning. It was by doing so that I finally completely understood how very big the museum is and how it is able to mount the magnificent exhibition Kerouac shows in #32.
Kerouac, STUNNING photos of the paintings, something we all know is hard to pull off. And the art shown is of such fabulous quality that it seems imperative to add both the Pompidou Metz and the Saarlandmuseum to ones must-see lists.
It's most interesting to see that the Pompidou Metz has taken advantage of its size and natural light to paint walls colors besides the traditional museum white and how effective those color choices are. This is wonderful -- thank you!
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Post by fumobici on Oct 9, 2016 18:52:03 GMT
Love the new additions to this report. I'm not sure whether it's the show or your choice of paintings to photograph but either way, fabulously chosen!
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Post by htmb on Oct 10, 2016 3:47:35 GMT
I agree. A very nice selection, and certainly leaves us wanting to see and learn more.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2016 4:38:07 GMT
I thought it was interesting when I learned additionally that the Saarlandmuseum was created by the French when the Saar was under French administration after World War I. The Saar itself was created by the League of Nations and used the Saar franc as well its own postage stamps. It voted to rejoin Germany in 1935. After World War II, the Saar was again under French control from 1947 to 1956 and even became a member of the Council of Europe. It was offered independence but it was again decided by referendum (67%) to rejoin West Germany. Still, it used the Saar franc until 1959. French is still the first foreign language taught in the Saar, ahead of English, which is unique in Europe. Anyway, this helps to understand Saarbrücken's close ties to Metz, which are not just due to geographical proximity.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 6:19:54 GMT
This was a very stark exhibit, and the first room contained photographs of art that is no longer with us -- the destroyed Buddhas of Bamiyan, the rubble of Palmyra... It made it very clear that a world from which art has disappeared is possible. Would we have museums of nothingness?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 18:38:51 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Nov 25, 2016 20:03:05 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Nov 25, 2016 22:32:02 GMT
Most interesting. Was it spread over enough space that it really felt immersive and did it make you feel the dread of a world without art? Are you curious to go back in April?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 26, 2016 17:12:16 GMT
The Pompidou Metz has three huge galleries on three different floors, plus a more permanent gallery on the ground floor. Each exhibit completely fills a floor.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 11, 2023 13:20:58 GMT
It was a cold, windy (see flag) and rainy day, perfect for a new visit to the Centre Pompidou. In the school cafeteria, I always ate first the thing that appealed to me the least, and this allowed me to finish everything on the tray, while the other kids were gagging on collard greens or sliced beetroot. This was particularly true at Saint Thomas elementary school where you had to return your tray to the designated point, but you couldn't do it unless it was empty. You would not believe how many transactions there were in the lunchroom. "You can have my dessert if you eat my beets." Well, the exhibition " La Répétition" cannot in any way be compared to lunch at St. Thomas, but I went there first because I had come to see something else. The premise of this exhibition is based on the renewal of art in the 20th century. The rise of photography had caused a lot of people to believe that art had reached a dead end with all paintings just showing one thing. So old fashioned! So artists decided to prove that they could show the same thing again and again but that there would always be differences. (Andy Warhol anyone?) Of course each artist has variable ideas.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 11, 2023 13:30:22 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 11, 2023 20:39:17 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 12, 2023 18:23:45 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 13, 2023 15:38:05 GMT
The inspiration of a lot of the art was mysterious for those of us who don't read everything on the little notices, but it was rarely boring. Proof of this was the German high school group that had invaded the museum. There ware at least 50 teenagers, and they seemed quite enthusiastic about what they were seeing. They were using their phones to take pictures of the art instead of taking selfies.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 15, 2023 22:00:20 GMT
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Post by mich64 on Mar 15, 2023 23:35:34 GMT
Enjoying your addition to the thread Kerouac. I really like how they used the timber in the earlier pictures of the thread. Pretty use of colors everywhere in the new photos. The hanging ship exhibit is interesting. I like all the shapes of the entrance ways to each of the rooms.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 16, 2023 14:14:40 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 16, 2023 17:23:07 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 16, 2023 17:44:23 GMT
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 17, 2023 12:03:29 GMT
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Post by fumobici on Mar 17, 2023 14:20:47 GMT
Very interesting. A lot of this has the feel to me of dystopian futurism from a few decades ago.
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Post by kerouac2 on Mar 17, 2023 16:11:35 GMT
I think that dystopian futurism has not really changed over the decades. The analysis was very precise and probably the only thing that has changed advanced are some of the VR aspects of it all. I remember reading science fiction books in the 1960s where nobody went out because all of their food was delivered and they had a wall of entertainment and games to keep them occupied when they weren't doing their remote work. We have already arrived at that point. Many people are proud to say that there is no longer any reason to go to the movies.
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