Kaws at Galerie Perrosian

My favourite living artist KAWS has an exhibition at the famous Galerie Perrotin in Le Marais. The exhibition titled Imaginary Friends featured his famous Companion and Chum pieces as well as disney influenced paintings. KAWS used a variety of bright neon colours in a lot of his pieces which were amazing. The show runs until the 22nd of December if you are in Paris.

Art in Le Marais

Around the Place des Vosges and on Rue de Turenne are a string of small independent galleries that features some unique pieces. In one gallery was an exhibition focusing on Mickey Mouse. Paris, much like New York with the SoHo and Chelsea areas, have wonderful smaller galleries that you stumble across while walking the streets. It is always amazing to turn the corner and see this level of quality art. 

Regarding Warhol, The Met Rooftop and Some of my Favourite Paintings in the World.

On the last Monday of my time in NY I visited the Metropolitan Museum of Art on Fifth Avenue to see their special Regarding Warhol Exhibition. The exhibition featured many Warhol pieces, many on loan from the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh as well as work by artists that have been influenced by Warhol. There were many pieces from the likes of Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst, Takashi Murikami and Jean-Michel Basquait. Unfortunately as it was a special exhibition no photos were allowed. Afterwards I popped over to see my favourite impressionist painting including the below pieces by Claude Monet and Vincent Van Gogh.

 

While there I also went up to the Rooftop to see the installation by Tomas Saraceno titled Cloud City. The rooftop has amazing views over Central Park and the Manhattan Skyline. It was a perfect last Monday in NYC.

Andy Warhol Museum

One of the most famous people born in Pittsburgh was the leader of the Pop Art world, Andy Warhol. In Pittsburgh lies the greatest collection of his art anywhere in the world. The museum doesn’t allow photos on other levels except the ground floor but as you can see from these few photos it features a huge range of his work.

Installation Art at the Mattress Factory

The Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh is a museum that is one of the best in the world for installation art pieces. The museum is spaced over two buildings and over 3 levels. A great two room work involved mirrored rooms with one in ultraviolet lights and the other with normal lighting both using spots. 

One level featured a completely dark experience with different rooms using darkness and light to create images that seem different in their dimensions as shown in the final photo. I had never seen anything like that and was truly impressed. 

If you have any questions about what the work was in any of the pictures please comment below.