Paris – January 13, 2023
The Pompidou Centre
You go to the Louvre to worship; you go to the Pompidou Centre to think. This is a modern art museum, and I enjoyed it a lot.
I think these are ventilation fans.
One pair of which has been made into art.
You can get colorblind-simulating glasses at the coat check area.
You start at the top floor, which has great views of Paris.
OK, on to the artworks.
La Tour Eiffel, Robert Delaunay, 1926
Animated Lines; František Kupka, 1920/1933
They have quite a bit of stuff by Kandinsky.
One nice touch is that, for sculptures, the placard has a drawing of the sculpture so you can see which one is which.
Ascension, Otto Freundlich, 1929/1969
Le Phoque II, Constantin Brancusi, 1943
Green Relief, Ellsworth Kelly, 2007
Compression, César, 1960. A ton of hydraulically pressed metal.
PR1, Portrait-relief d’Arman, Yves Klein, 1962
La Mariée, Niki de Saint-Phalle, 1963
La Douche (The Shower), Daniel Spoerri, 1961
Chopin’s Waterloo, Arman, 1962
Le Monstre de Soisy, Niki de Saint Phalle, ca. 1966
Où es-tu? Que fais-tu? (Where are you? What are you doing?), Bernard Rancillac, 1965
Alberto Giacometti did this one.
Spatiodynamique 26 (dite “Gigogne”), Nicolas Schöffer, 1956-1968
Table, Alberto Giacometti, 1933
This one is, well, very strange.
Roberte et les barres parallèles, Pierre Klossowski, 1990
Roue de bicyclette (Bicycle Wheel), Marcel Duchamp, 1913/1964
Composition aux deux perroquets, Fernand Léger, 1935-1939
Aménagement de l’antichambre des appartements privés du Palais de l’Élysée pour le président George Pompidou, Agam, 1972-1974
Tell Me, Guy de Cointet, 1979/1980
Giant Triple Mushroom, Carsten Höller, 2010
Street Art around Pompidou Centre
Most of these were taken on the Rue Quincampoix.
This one is my absolute favorite. (Words mean “tap here“)
Signage / Stickers
The French for “happy hours” works out very well.
What a great name for a store.
A counter of how many bicycles have gone by so far this year and today.
Flowers on the awning is not an uncommon thing to see.
This is on nearly every door in the Metro.