I visited the Pompidou this morning!
I got there and was freakin out because it is enormous and really crazy and modern. Not even the galleries...just where you buy your tickets.
The best surprise was that my admission was free--I should have payed 9 euro, but the woman at the guichet (I can't think of the English word...) was kind and gave me the EU resident reduced price and the student's price, which equaled nothing.
I started my visit on the very top floor--which was a wonderful view of Paris.There was a temporary Surrealism exhibit of film and photography that I visited first.
Ok now the good stuff...
"For the first time in the world, a museum will be displaying the feminine side of its own collections. This new presentation of the Centre Pompidou's collections will be entirely given over to the women artists from the 20th century to the present day."
Elles@centrepompidou was the most amazing collection of artwork I've seen in Paris, and without question, the most interesting and beautiful collection of modern art I've visited. I spent 3 hours on 1 floor, and there is still one more floor of the exhibition I need to see, plus the permanent collection that I didn't get a chance to see at all!
Here are some photos I snagged of some of my favorite works...
Inflammatory Essays, Jenny Holzer 1979-82
Rubble, Monika Sosnowska 2006
Guerrilla Girls
Diary, Sanja Ivekovic 1976My favorite work in the exhibition was a slideshow of images by Nan Goldin called Heart Beat. It was beautiful All of the images were of couples just living life together. The image below is one from the series of images of my favorite couple.
Big hugs & miss you lots,
Erica
