One of my favorite exhibits at Centre Pompidou, was the brilliant and beautiful installation by Damain ortega of Mexico.

Photos were not allowed, so these were taken off of other people’s Flickr sites, and each photo links to that person’s photo collection so that they should get credit, I was following the rules and put my camera away while at this exhibit!

The entire white room is filled by a series of meticulously constructed curtains of little primary-colored spheres made up of plastic discs.  The size, color and placement of each sphere is absolutely intentional as the end result of your walk through the row of curtains, is to get to a wall, in which you walk around behind the wall, leaving the room with the curtains, and back there you will find, a very small hole in the wall, like the kind in your door at home, and when you look through it, into the curtain filled room, the perspective and placement of all those spheres through that little hole forms the very clear image of an EYE.  It is remarkable in person.

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for lovers

my friend Dink (whom i adore) in San Fran, sent this to me while i was in Paris, but for some reason, I decided to wait until I returned to Cleveland, when I thought I could use an additional dose of Paris, to watch it. Turns out within 8 hours of returning, I NEEDED said dose and have just watched this video like 3 times in a row. I cry every time. I don’t mean to get all sad now, because I am happy to pick life back up and get to work again, but I really think I could live there, like, it fits me a little better. This video, much of which is in Montmartre, my favorite area of Paris, captures the essence of Paris, for me. Plus it is a beautiful song by the Wolfman, featuring Pete Doherty - For Lovers.

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After a long respite, I stayed in last night to nurse my knee which has been killing me something aweful, I have emerged and finally made it to the Center Pompidou.  I first came here Tuesday, but did not realize that was the one day a week in which it was closed, so I am happy to have made time today, on my last morning in Paris for it, and oh how wonderful it is!  Enjoy a synopsis in photos here or visit the entirety of my Paris trip here.

yes, there is art here, but this photo is more about the cutest little Parisian that ever was…she kept talking to me in French without ever realizing that A) i was wearing earphones and perhaps someone a little older would have never approached me in the first place, assuming i could not hear them, and B) She never realized that even with the headphones in, (i took one out to listen to her) I could not understand her, as even with what french i knew, it was not the kind she spoke, YET!  she just kept smiling and talking to me and i just said..”oui!  Oui!”  

I love this sculpture more than words can possibly convey.

bottle caps…amazing

the spectacular exhibit of Ron Arad

The installation above, i could have admired for quite some time, but there was a bit of a line to view it.  there was also a spectacular exhibit i was not allowed to photograph that i will write about separately as it was one of the most incredible things my eyes have ever feasted upon.

I will elaborate at a later time on some of my favorite artists at the pompidou and who these works are done by, for now, i just wanted to give you a visual of my day.

below are a few misc. pics from around Paris today:

I tried to go to the shop COLETTE today, and this is what I encountered…CLOSED.  

a favorite cafe I dined at twice, Cafe Parigot

And please feel free to view the entirety of my Paris pictures here.

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Well, the first half of the day was WORK!  can you believe it?!?!?  I finally had to do some work!  I went to the Maison & Objet show, which is pretty much just like the NY gift show, which I always go to, but was filled with even more fabulous stuff, most of which, it turns out, does not distribute to the US….I suspected as much, and truth be told, just used this show as an excuse to visit Paris, but it was not completely a loss, I did order some really great things for the store for March and got LOTS of inspiration!!! 

But after the show, I went back to the hotel, tore off my ‘comfortable’ shoes which i intentionally wore to the show to be on the safe side, but gave me terribly blisters, and put back on the boots that i adore that I should have worn in the first place and set out for more important ventures…like more sightseeing in Paris!  I still had to putz around Saint Germain and Saint Michel, so I took the metro to St. Germain and when I emerged from the metro, unsure of where to go, I did what I do know, now quite well, found a cafe to order a glass of wine at….it was 4:30, I earned it!  I sat for a bit, enjoyed my wine then decided to tour the neighborhood….

Paris is full of charming signs much like this one.

Around this time, (many other pics were taken which could be viewed here) I was starving so I stopped at yet another cafe for an assortment of cheese and more wine…it was here that I made a new friend who then accompanied me on the rest of my walk around Paris tonight, acting as a sort of personal tour guide and otherwise great company!

It really is beautiful in every nook and cranny and at any time of day here.

The river at night.  This town…ugh.

2 glasses of wine.

french man smoking…my friend.

American woman digging in her bag…ugh…its all i seem to do here!

Notre Dame at night

Another amazing day has passed.  I am going to bed now, only two more full days here and tomorrow is flea market day!!!!

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