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Bonne Année : Rick Tulka

Rick Tulka, Paris-based artist and illustrator best known for his on-the-spot sketches of flâneurs burning daylight and washing back kirs at Le Select, the famed café on Boulevard Montparnasse, offers a self-portrait greeting for 2010. Yes, that was him, penciling in your double chin last Tuesday! Only kidding. Bonne Année… See his site here: Rick Tulka and his portraits of people on his Flickr Page.

Gilbert and George on politics and Union Jacks

In 2007, Gilbert & George mounted a massive retrospective at the Tate Modern that included “Mullah.” The tremendous work (2.42 x 2.02m) from 1980, featured a stone-faced icon seemingly cast from the Magic Forest. Composed of photographs of cut planks of wood (knots for eyes, nose and mouth) and collaged together in Gilbert & George’s signature multi-panel digital print in black and white, the work seems prescient these days as “mullah” gains traction across the Internet following the violent crackdown on the post-election street demonstrations in Iran.

The best laid plans and tables — Paris 2

My find at the Marche aux puces — a cigar band collage plate Staying in the 14th arrondissement near the end of the #4 Metro line was nice. It’s not a touristy part of town and feels like a real neighborhood. Among other things we were very near the market street Rue Daguerre and a short walk away from the marche aux puces (flea market) at Porte de Vanves.

One thing I learned about Paris

Crowd inside Versailles’ Hall of Mirrors. Paris is a magnet for tourists over the holidays. Let me say that again in case you’re planning a visit between Christmas and New Year’s: Paris is so full of tourists over the holidays that you will spend hours in line to get into museums; you will be packed like sardines on the subways; you will elbow your way through stores and markets. It’s the New York of Europe. But of course you will have a good time. And depending on your patience for your fellow humans you may have a great time.

I can feel it! Fabulous music in the Paris Metro

I had to share this–it made me feel so good. The group’s name is Naturally 7. Thanks to artblog’s great Paris buddy, writer, artist and now, art blogger, Matthew Rose. Check out his blog Lalande Digital Press!

Libby and Roberta in Paris, well, virtually at least

Libby and Roberta are in Paris. That is, two of our collaborative paintings are on display in a wine shop window in Paris. And the paintings are pretty much autobiographical in an eliptical way…so we’re in Paris! The group show is curated by our friend, the artist and writer Matthew Rose. Photo by Ric Erickson. That’s a Libby and Roberta painting in the wine shop window at Cave des Papilles. The painting is from the Dorothy Speaks series and this is Stovetop Dorothy. We are delighted that our two little works, (from the Dorothy Speaks series, which were used as ... More » »

Final Report from Paris

Post by Charlotte Schatz [Ed. note: Philadelphia artist Charlotte Schatz made a trip to Berlin, Lyon and Paris this spring and wrote these lively reports on her visit. This and the prior post cover her time in France. The first four cover Berlin.] A fashion note: polka dots are in. We saw ballerina slipper shoes in polka dots, scarves, skirts, tops, coats, bags in polka dots. Lots of layering, short skirts with mid calf leggings and lots of those dangerous high, high heels. And of course, the ever present scarf. The clothes were gorgeous, beautifully made of wonderful fabrics. Belleville ... More » »

More Reporting from Paris

Post by Charlotte Schatz [Ed. note: Philadelphia artist Charlotte Schatz made a trip to Berlin, Lyon and Paris this spring and wrote these lively reports on her visit. This and the prior post cover her time in France. The first four cover Berlin.] Paris has many smaller museums that many people miss. The Picasso Museum in the Marais is housed in a beautiful old building containing many of his original sculptures including the “Goat” and the “Gorilla” where you can sense the artist’s hand. The Goat by Picasso at the Picasso Museum, Marais There was a special exhibit on Carmen ... More » »

A Paris visit with Matthew Rose

Artist Matthew Rose, posing in his apartment/studio in Paris. I was talking in the last Paris post about how even the smallest emporium of business in Paris wants to decorate and have something beautiful on the walls. Stella and I got to see this in action the afternoon we visited artist Matthew Rose in his apartment/studio near the market street Rue Daguerre. Rose, the American ex-pat whose mail art, collage art and stamp art I’ve told you about was in the Axis of Evil show at Nexus in 2005, which is how I know of him. We’ve been email correspondents ... More » »

Petit Post on Paris

Hello all, I’m sorry I’ve been so absent from the blog. We all came back from our trip inflicted with a virus that took us down for days and days. I’m now coming out of my cotton-headed fog and will post a few tidbits from our trip and direct you to my flickr set, Stella’s flickr set and Max’s flickr set for more pictures and commentary. And in another post I’ll tell you about the Karen Kilimnik exhibit we saw and about my studio visit with American artist Matthew Rose.Winter in ParisWe set foot in Paris on a day that ... More » »