59 minutes of India in Paris' cité Griset

A screening of "VÂYU" [Air], a 1994 movie by Velu Viswanadhan, closes today the exhibition 
dedicated to the Indian painter at the Pascaline Mulliez gallery. 
(The film will be presented by Pierre Eugène - film critic and PhD in Film Studies at 'Jules Verne University', 
Picardy).


Filmography:

2010 - MG Road to Dandi, Crosswinds production
2009 - What happens in heavens, Croswinds production
Retour aux éléments, Méroé Films / ARTE / Centre Pompidou 
Pushed, Chorégraphie Padmini Chettur, Crosswinds production 
2006 - Inhabit, Chorégraphie Preethi Atreya, Crosswinds production 
2005 - Paper Doll, Choreographie Padmini Chettur, Crosswinds production 
2004 - Solo, Chorégraphie : Padmini Chettur, Crosswinds production 
Tsunami at Cholamandal, Fishermens’ Village, Crosswinds production 
2003 - Raja Rani, Crosswinds production  
2002 - Ether / Aakaash, Production Viswanadhan / Centre Pompidou 
2001 - Des Mains de Calcutta, Crosswinds production   
1994 - Air / Vayu,  Production Le Jour et la Nuit / ARTE / Centre Pompidou 
1988 - Agni / Feu, Production Viswanadhan / Centre Pompidou 
1985 - Eau / Ganga, Production Viswanadhan / Centre Pompidou  
1976-1982 - Sable, Production Viswanadhan / Centre Pompidou

[All PPG's posts about Viswa].
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Saturday's Happening at the AIMLoft, in Oberkampf

Open to all kinds of events, the Griset's AIMLoft presented today 'Les Gymnopédies'
a multidisciplinary exhibition, curated by Micha Barban-Dangerfield in partnership with
VICE magazine, Kulte and ALS Development - sponsorised by Duvel, the well known
Belgian beer.





Featured artists - a group of friends working in their own way:
*Julie Lansom, *Helkavara, *Melchior Tersen, *Roddy Bow, *Benjamin de Chantérac,
*Shape, *Shifter, *Jonathan Barban, *Lou Masduraud and *Mathilde Rives.




Anything else?
... a cool atmosphere with food & drinks, nice people... smokers included.

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'Chansons Coquines' at Pascaline Mulliez Gallery...

It was today, in the occasion of the opening of the exhibition dedicated to the painter
Jean-Paul Laixhay's work [Feb. 16 to April 7/2012].

Discovered by Peter Brook in the Tragedy of Carmen at the Bouffes du Nord Paris'
theater, mezzo-soprano Hélène Delavault allies humour, perfect body language
and a sharp tongue well adapted to such a malicious repertoire:
'Couleur Absinthe', Chansons Incorrectes, which means... 'not very correct' songs.

[G@ttoGiallo]
In this video, Hélène performs L'Amour au Passé Défini, Cyrille Lehn is at the piano.
(music Vincent Scotto, lyrics Géo Koger).
If you understand French, advanced French, you'll really enjoy every single word!
Here are the lyrics.


(G@ttoGiallo)
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As a matter of fact...
Today is the 5th PPG's Anniversary !

Tarbouriech at the KM3

Opening on Friday > April 29/2011, 7:30 pm...

Nadine Tarbouriech exhibition at KM3 in Ivry artists' area
107, rue Molière - 94200 Ivry s/Seine
... which is just next door from Viswanadhan's studio, check the MAP.

Nadine told me today that their [Nadine & Viswa] next sojourn in India is planned late June
and that she was offered a personal exhibition in Delhi in early September.


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Basquiat or the Rise and Fall of a Radiant Boy

It would be difficult not to say a word about Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibition - coming straight
from Basel and celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the artist's birth - which 'irradiates' from
the Paris Modern Art Museum with its unusual huge scale show.

Comprising a hundred major pieces – paintings, drawings, objects, from numerous museums
and private collections, this retrospective offers a chronological overview on Basquiat evolution
during his meteoric career from the street to the canvas and the chance to assess the painter's
contribution to art and art history.

Born in Brooklyn in 1960, Basquiat died due to a heroin overdose in New York in 1988.
He was only 27 years old.
In 1984, the Modern Art Museum had already featured Jean-Michel Basquiat alongside with
Robert Combas, Hervé Di Rosa and Keith Haring in a collective exhibition on France/USA
Free Figurative work.

[IsTaRaI]
"Centered on a rare interview that director and friend Tamra Davis shot with Basquiat over twenty years ago,
This definitive documentary chronicles the meteoric rise and fall of the young artist."
"Tamra Davis details the mysteries that surround this charismatic young man, an artist of enormous talent
whose fortunes mirrored the rollercoaster quality of the downtown scene he seemed to embody."
- "Jean-Michel Basquiat, the Radiant Child" [wiki].

* The movie will be screened at the Museum on Thursday, October 28 at 7 pm.


[Intergalaxy]
Jean-Michel Basquiat: his friends and his paintings - Music by Velvet Underground, "Heroin".
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October 22 update...

The queue at the entrance of the museum was still reasonable around noon, under a perfect
blue sky. Two hours later, it had probably reached some 150 or 200 meters, but thanks to such
a weather, nobody seemed upset.

One word on the exhibition: Go! it is absolutely dazzling!
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Three more painting exhibitions...

Nadine Tarbouriech
"Transhumances" at Galerie de la Pointe

49, rue du Moulin de la Pointe - 75013 Paris




A terrace links the two galleries allowing common activities...
Today, Erik Nussbicker performance "Le Berger des Cornes" [video]


Gaëlle Sandré, Martin Noël, Bernard Moninot, Erik Nussbicker
"Intercælestis" at Galerie Limitis

49, rue du Moulin de la Pointe - 75013 Paris




and Krzysztof Szalek
at Galerie Pascaline Mulliez

4, cité Griset, 3" étage - 75011 Paris




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