Thursday, September 10, 2015

"Courtesans and Street Walkers: Prostitutes in Art" by Jason Farago for BBC....

Manet - "Olympia"

Picasso - "Demoiselles d'Avignon"
"Courtesans and Street Walkers: Prostitutes in Art", a Jason Farago piece for BBC on the spectacular new show just opening at Musee d'Orsay in Paris titled, "Splendour & Misery: Pictures of Prostitution 1850-1910".......
..."Prostitutes were a key subject for artists in Paris, and perhaps the two most revolutionary paintings of the age – Manet’s blunt Olympia and Picasso’s twisted Demoiselles d’Avignon – both depict sex workers"....
..."Prostitution was a central part of daily life in late 19th Century Paris.  It is key to understanding the art of the times - and everything that followed"...

Labels: , , , , , , , , , ,

Saturday, October 19, 2013

French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand Boys Town Bangkok

"French Minister of Culture Frédéric Mitterrand Boys Town Bangkok" - Chris Coles


Labels: , , , , , , ,

Sunday, October 11, 2009

Frederic Mitterand, French Minister of Culture, Lost in the Bangkok Night...........


What could he possibly have been thinking........or was he just another poor soul lost in the Bangkok Night..........

Labels: , , ,

Artist Blogs - Blog Catalog Blog Directory