Chinese painter Zao Wu Ji, who has been a Parisian for the past 60 years, may well be my favorite living artist. Last year, he donated many of his printed works to the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, which is now offering an exhibition celebrate this manna. I visited it today and fell for the etchings as well as the illustrations Zao created for poetry collections by Leopold Senghor, Shakespeare, Ezra Pound, and two of my favorite French poets, the sublime René Char and the whimsical Henri Michaux, who was one of Zao's life-long friend.
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Great post, I have never heard of him till now.
Mary-laure, reaging your blog is like gointo school again but a fun and interesting one.
OMG wowza. I totally agree with Karina! :)
i am happy that you post about artists that you enjoy...
nancy
beautiful, i hadn't heard of him either up until now, will make sure to research some of his work
wow, they are beautiful! :)
lovely works. will be in paris on friday and am in hopes we can connect.
Oh my! I am sure it must have been a lovely exhibit! I wish I could go!
Until when does the exhibition run?
I really like the first one. Is it an etching?
KARINA - what a fabulously wonderful comment you left me, querida! Thank you...
PVE DESIGN - I'm off to Amsterdam for a week but hope we can get together when I return...?
Email me: petipaw@gmail.com
LAURA - the show runs until August 24; all the info is available at:
http://www.bnf.fr/pages/zNavigat/frame/cultpubl.htm?ancre=exposition_602.htm
NAY'CHELLE - absolutely, the top picture is an etching dating from 1949. I fell in love with it...
I'd never have heard of him if I hadn't here. Thanks for posting this.
oh i have to see this one..
a nice plan for saturday :)
I love the first piece!
I totally agree with Karina!
MARIE - actually, it may be a little crowded on Saturdays and Sundays... The show is open every day except Mondays, so I'd try to go another day if I were you.
When you go, do check out the bookstore, they have lots of amazing art books on sale, at really very good prices.
Enjoy!
MARIE - actually, it may be a little crowded on Saturdays and Sundays... The show is open every day except Mondays, so I'd try to go another day if I were you.
When you go, do check out the bookstore, they have lots of amazing art books on sale, at really very good prices.
Enjoy!
she is so beautiful--
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