Everybody agrees on that: Paris is a wonderful city. That is the reason why millions of tourists take so many pictures of the city every year, just to bring a piece of it back to their country. Taking nice pictures is far more difficult and the difference between what we actually see and the final result we get on the photograph is quite often disappointing.
Not for everybody! Serge Ramelli, a talented French photographer, does very well as he manages to go further to the reality. The original result is obtained through a method called “double exposure”. Various photographs of the same spot are taken at different points of the day. The result is a chimerical Paris overwhelmed by a supernatural light and threatening clouds.
Serge Ramelli’s pictures were exhibited at the Hotel de Noailles last May and it was quite a success. If you are tired of your own pictures and want to hang a beautiful memory of Paris in your living room, Serge Ramelli’s work is displayed on his website and stands there at your disposal… Anyway, the exhibition was astonishing and people really enjoyed it!
The British landscapist J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) was highly unusual in that he responded to the works of the old Masters and his contemporaries throughout his lengthy career. Driven by a powerful ambition, he broadened his fields of investigation: topographic watercolours, seascapes, classical landscapes, fantastic landscapes, genre scenes and history paintings.
“Edvard Munch or the Anti-Scream” is a retrospective of Edvard Munch's work (around one hundred paintings and sketches) , the pioneering Expressionist painter best known for his celebrated painting “The Scream”.
Christian Boltanski, one of the key figures of French contemporary art, born in 1944, developped an international career in the 70s that has placed him in the ranks of the world’s leading contemporary artists. Individual memory and the passage of time are recurring themes in the work of Christian Boltanski, who has devised “Personnes” especially for the Monumenta exhibition at the Grand Palais. In this installation combining visual impact and sound, he tackles the question of destiny and the ineluctability of death.
For its third season, the Pinacothèque de Paris, in association with Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, will present one of the most interesting periods in art history : the Dutch 17th century.
The Opera Garnier was chosen by the Galeries Lafayette department store, as the ideal location, to offer an innovative shopping space around culture, art, dance. A concept which changes from the traditional museum boutique !
EXCEPTIONAL EXTRA TIME TILL MAY 03rd 2009 opening till 11pm on wednesday and saturday.
Address
Galeries nationales du Grand palais
Entrance Clemenceau
3, avenue du Général Eisenhower
75008 Paris