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April 9, 2012

Carrousel du Louvre 2011

After scoring the Prix Taylor at the Grand Palais in the end of November I was invited to show at the 150th Anniversary of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts’ exhibition in the Carrousel du Louvre in December 2011. My painting Impetus was awarded the Bronze Medal at the awards ceremony that just happened to be on my birthday. Cool gift!

: SNBA = la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts

: the long list of artists showing; D1 is where it’s at!

: as one would expect in the Louvre, it’s a pretty classy affair

: right before the awards ceremony

: excellent live music

: the President’s address

: actors reciting letters between Courbet, Théophile Gautier and Manet

: scoring the Bronze Medal! (in paper form)

: I can’t recall if this was an enjoyable or disagreeable exchange… but the pic is hilarious!

: the usual madness of taking down the show; always good fun

March 11, 2012

Small is Beautiful, Paris

The gallery L’Oeil du Prince here in Paris organized a group show of only small-format works from December 1-22, 2011. I managed to crank out 28 paintings for the show in the month preceding the opening, which was good fun and absolutely packed with people.

: Each artist had a section of a wall to fill however he/she chose. I had 28 paintings all together.

: a few of the other sections

: over 400 people at the vernissage!

: helping Yann out with the fine wines

: some much-needed rest at the end of the evening

: an example of the 30×30 cm paintings

: 30×30 cm

: 30×30 cm

: an example of the 20×20 cm paintings

: 20×20 cm

: 10 x 10 cm, the smallest paintings I’ve ever done!

: 10×10 cm

: 10×10 cm

: 10×10 cm

March 10, 2012

Grand Palais 2011

My painting Soumission (oil on canvas, 223,6 x 100 cm) was on display in the Grand Palais for the annual Salon Art en Capital from November 22 – 27, 2011. Over 40 000 visitors came to the show during the week, and Soumission proved to be quite the hit. In addition to the public acclaim the long-standing French organisation, the Taylor Foundation, awarded the painting with their prestigious Prix Taylor, a prize that is awarded to only a handful of artworks per year.

: Le Grand Palais

: black walls, red carpet, perfect spot

: under the massive atrium on opening night

: there was always a crowd around Soumission

: the star of the painting

: the iPad proved quite useful

: taking a closer look

: a lot of people enjoyed checking out the size of the hand

: juxtaposing one of my 10cm foot studies with the real thing

: art critic taking it in

: my surprise when the jury of the Taylor Foundation announced I received their 1st prize

: the jury representatives from the Taylor Foundation

: wonderful natural light by day

: the madness of 2000+ artists reclaiming their works at the end of the show

: FINALLY get to relax a bit… and eat

: though I loved the 10k walk, I decided to dismount the painting and take the metro on the way back home

March 10, 2012

The Grand Palais 10k

Just for kicks I wanted to transport my large painting Soumission from studio to Le Grand Palais on foot, just like the old guys back in the day. Once I found out it was an even 10 kilometers from my studio door to the doors of the Grand Palais the title all of a sudden had a nice ring to it: The Grand Palais 10k. It was good fun traversing Paris’s various hot spots and chic avenues carrying the large painting, especially since my dear friend Anna was helping (and taking all the pics). The fact that it turned out to be such a beautiful day was the perfect touch.

: last-minute preparations before the long haul

: all ready to go!

: the march begins

: about 2k covered…

: getting a bit mixed up along the way

: almost there! standing next to the Place de la Concorde

: 3-and-a-half hours later!

: dropping off the painting for the big début

November 7, 2011

Chic Art Fair, Oct 19-24, 2011

Here are a few pics from the fair, mostly from the setting up and press day on Oct 19th. The official opening was on Thursday Oct 20th, and it was packed (oops… no photos! too busy enjoying the night). This show was my first showing with Yann’s gallery L’Oeil du Prince, and the first time I publicly showed one of my large nudes. It was all very rockin!