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October 08, 2008

KatuHoria in the Basque Country...

The Basque Country is the territory which is historically,
ethnically and culturally Basque.
Spanish and French may call Basque Country (Pays
Basque, País Vasco) only to a portion of the country, not
the whole nation.
Nevertheless, Basques conceive their country as
embracing the area of the traditional seven provinces :

Lapurdi, Nafarroa Beherea and Zuberoa on the French
side, and
Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Araba and Nafarroa on
the Spanish side.

The Basque name of the Basque Country is Euskal Herria.
The Basque name of G@ttoGiallo is K@tuHoria.

(K@tuHoria recommends a conscientious approach
of the Basque culture before you go farer).

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October 02, 2008

Dear PPG Readers, I'm sorry...

I am in the Basque Country having fun with Bidaia...




















and some new local friends :





... but don't worry !
I'll be back one of these days with a lot of basque
red&green pics.























Yours faithful,

K@tuHoria
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September 30, 2008

Last Villeglé stolen by night from Le Mur !

... or the Price of Fame !

Jacques Villeglé, born Jacques Mahé de la Villeglé (1926, Quimper, Brittany)
is a
French mixed-media artist, famous for his alphabet with symbolic letters
and
decollage with ripped or lacerated posters.
(more on wiki or/and official website)



Exceptionally, last "Le Mur" opening was on Thursday and Jacques, 82, was there...
see the nice leafar's Flickr set.




















but a couple of days later, on Saturday night, someone cut off and robbed
the collage, valued
at some hundred thousand Euros.






























So, after a two days' exhibit, Villeglé's poster desappeared and Martha Cooper's
was back to surface...


That's the way street art goes on.
___________________________

September 24, 2008

Beaubourg hosts Villeglé...

EXHIBITION
September 17/2008 - January 5/2009

For the first time in France the Centre Pompidou is presenting
a retrospective
of the work of Jacques Villeglé,
one of today's major
French artists.

Now aged 82 years, Jacques Villeglé has developed since 1949
a very detailed work, with an amazing formal richness almost
exclusively using a single
material – the ripped or lacerated poster.








In the meantime, Le Mur invites you to the next Oberkampf's Wall,
dedicated to Villeglé !


September 20, 2008

Spotlight on Nadine & Viswa in Ivry...



When in Ivry, this is the right spot in rue Jules-Vanzuppe !
Look on your right and there is # 44, old industrial building, former factory.
You are in one of the many splendoured artists' cities of this rediscovered
suburban area.

When Nadine moves somewhere, you're granted it's a great place.


































































(Maybe I should add a little slideshow of some other places I saw around here),
but...
"Soft you now !
the fair Nadine !

(sottovoce) Nymph, in thy paintings, be all my pics remembered.
"

... Here she is !

She said "Welcome, so nice to see you again, G@ttoGiallo" !

Yep, we didn't see each other for a long time... since she left my fief, in fact, five or six years ago.
She's all the time to and fro, in India, four times already this year and next trip is due in November...
Wow
!
It's a lifework to become a Bollywood Films expert, you know.
I knew her as a film editor and, of course, as a painter.

Here is a glimpse on her last work...












































(You can see more on her new blog-gallery).





















Around 6/7pm, Viswa arrived and we had drinks, chatting about different matters
like the next NUIT BLANCHE, due on October 4th/5th, when Nadine will be

in charge at Gare de Lyon... Yo ! read here !













And the sun progressively disappeared beyond the railroad
and this beautiful skyline !
(gosh, I think it's time I change my camera).

Yours faithful,
G@tto
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