FEAST OR FAMINE

The Centre Pompidou in Paris is hosting a grand exhibition, called “Brancusi, Art is just beginning” – of almost 400 of Constantin Brancusi’s works from 27 March to 1 July 2024. It includes over 120 sculptures, as well as photographs, drawings, films, newspaper articles, and reviews – even the famous 1916 “Princess X” which created controversy and scandal in 1920. The exhibition is the first since 1995.   Romanian-born artist Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) arrived in Paris in 1904 at the age of 28, where he remained until his death at 81. He left his entire collection and studio in the 15 th  arrondissement of Paris to the French state on the condition that his studio would be rebuilt exactly as it was on the day of his death. His studio, temporarily closed for the exhibition, is reconstructed in the large hall of the Centre Pompidou.    His approach is minimalistic with simple curved lines with smoothness and light – in wood, stone, and metal. This can be seen in his works: “The Kiss

  Children of the Cave  by Virve Sammalkorpi (2016) is a fictional account of an expedition of discovery in 1819 in Russia. With permission, the novel is based upon the photography series (1991-1994) of Finnish artist Pekka Nikrus as part of his art thesis about a fictional expedition. Let’s be clear – this novel is a fictional account of fictional scientists based on fictional subjects in photographs.    Pekka Nikrus (born in 1968) created  photographs  and a short fictional synopsis ( The Children of the Shadows ) about two Finnish adventurers finding a cave in Russia where children lived – the first expedition occurred from 1819 to 1825 and the second exhibition to the region was in the 1860s. The photographs show children with animalistic appearances. Pekka says the photographs and account of the expedition were destroyed.   Finnish author  Virve Sammalkorpi  (born in 1969) begins with Pekka’s synopsis and formulates her own children’s story – the backstory if you will – of the sto

  There are 9 different sizes of champagne bottles, containing a number of glasses depending on the size of the glass. The standard Champagne bottle contains about 6 glasses of champagne.   The 9 bottle sizes are: Mini/Piccolo/Quarter      20 cl  (quarter standard bottle) = 2 glasses Half/Demi                     37.5 cl (half standard bottle) = 3 glasses Standard                       75 cl (1 standard bottle) = 6 glasses Magnum                        1.5 L (2 standard bottles) = 12 glasses Jeroboam/Double Magnum  3 L (4 standard bottles) = 24 glasses Methuselah                   6 L (8 standard bottles) = 48 glasses Salmanazar                 9 L(12 standard bottles) = 72 glasses Balthazar                      12 L (16 standard bottles) = 96 glasses Nebuchadnezzar           15 L (20 standard bottles) = 120 glasses MARTINA NICOLLS MartinaNicollsWebsite    I    Rainy Day Healing    I    Martinasblogs    I    Publications    I    Facebook    I    Paris Website    I    Paris blogs    I