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East Sussex, UK: A Walk In The Old City Of Hastings

Posted on August 25, 2012 | Leave a comment

A post for all those looking a different destination for a relaxing weekend : here is Hastings in East Sussex, England. Forget immediatly your party animal temper to switch to “a deep seaside breath” only. I recommend the hyperactive, a homeopathic dose of two days, no more. Enjoy the pictures in my tour of the old town of Hastings. Picture 1: view down to the fishing area, with the amazing Net shops (picture 2), black wooden huts erected in height, where fishermen traditionally ranked their nets and fishing equipment. Absolutely new for me! Near the net shops, I also discover @ the Jerwood Gallery, some British painters of the 20th century and 21st (post to come). Pictures 3 & 4: typical narrow street of the old Hastings leads to an English gardens! Then I reach some shopping streets, with many small antique shops, full of miscellaneous objects completely surreal, like in “The Advengers” (last picture).

Informations : to go to Hastings by Ferry FDS Seaways from Dunkerque to Dover, www.norfolkline.com, www.visit1066country.com.

East Sussex, UK: Myerscough & Mairs, The Sophisticated Vintage Shop in Hastings

East Sussex, UK: Home Store, a store in the old and the restaurant Kitchen Home Store, in Hastings

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London: Maison Martin Margiela 20 The Exhibition @ Somerset House

Posted on June 2, 2010 | Leave a comment

Tonight is the opening! So save the date of Maison Martin Margiela ‘20’ The Exhibition @ Somerset House. This great museum in London programs international famous fashion, art and design designers. After the ModeMuseum in Antwerp (2008) and the Haus der Kunst in Munich (2009), this exhibition conceived with Maison Martin Margiela and the MoMu as co-curator, celebrates 20 years of one of contemporary fashion’s most influential and enigmatic designers. And summertime in London is awsome, so let’s jump in Eurostar to discover this major new exhibition! Mr. Margiela, we love you!

10.00-18.00, till 20.00 on Thursdays
Embankment Galleries, South Wing
£6, conc £5, under 12s free

Somerset House Trust – Strand London WC2RLA – Tel: +44 (0)20 7845 4600

Paris, France: “Alice au Pays des Merveilles”, exhibition in Printemps Department Store

Antwerp: “Paper Fashion” Exhibition at MoMu, the Fashion Museum

Maison Martin Margiela: Haute Couture Spring-Summer 2010

City guide London & Antwerp: Destinations

MSSNDCLRCQ, Brussels: Exhibitions of Anish Kapoor, Sarah Botswick and Fabrice Samyn

Posted on December 12, 2009 | Leave a comment

IF this – Anish Kapoor, the famous Brit artist, makes you feel baffled, so open wider your eyes to discover the other artists. First Kapoor: in a small bright white room, lighted with a white neon, a rectangle covered with blue pigment. Difficult to know if the rectangle is pasted, painted or inlayed in the wall. If it is, how buying the work of art ? With the wall? Forget it, here the work of art is a stainless steel plate positioned precisely. Because I’m not an expert, I often have many weird questions. The fourth floor gallery’s space is stonished and the team is really nice and helpful. First level, in half-light: “Grand Central” of Sarah Botswick in collaboration with Jim Campbell. The picture below doesn’t exactly show the work of art. We’ve spent lot’s of time to figure out the technique of the amazing video effects: really impressive! On the sculpted resin, blurred shapes of men in different sizes. Hypnotic back and forth. I’ve really liked it.

Few steps higer: the “Mirror” installation. I love it. The gallery’s co-owner, Mr. De Clerq explained us with passion the genesis of Fabrice Samyn’s art. The Belgium artist works focusses on time’s perception. I’ve instinctively enjoyed this mirror. Usually concepts bother me, that’s why contemporary art sometimes bothers me. We can read different words on the mirror depanding on the light and the meaning changes, it’s really exciting! I guess you have more and more doubts: go to the gallery and discover the installation in situ. Hurry-up, the different exhibitions: “Woods. Absence of Objects” of Anish Kapoor, “Passages” of Sarah Botswick and “Je suis un Hôte” of Fabrice Samyn, end December 19!