FIAC--Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain (Part 3 of 3)

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Our visit to the Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain continues. 

After visiting the exposition in the Grand Palais, we walked across the street to the Petit Palais.  Like the Grand Palais, the Petit Palais, which we visited once before during Year 4, was built for the 1900 Universal Exposition in Paris.  It was built as a richly decorated museum to showcase French art, which it still does to this day.  Although smaller than the Grand Palais, the Petit Palais is a grand building with beautiful decoration.  

A large gallery in the Petit Palais

FIAC, as part of its contemporary art exposition, placed a number of contemporary works of art, mostly sculptures, in the Petit Palais.  Here are photos of a few of them.  

We were amused by the work of art pictured below, a boxing ring with two snails eyeing other with  slothful ferocity.  Take a look.  

In the background of the photo, you can see the Grand Palais across the avenue.

Below is an interesting abstract work--a semi-translucent sheet hanging loosely on a rod.

Pénétrable - Allégorie de la forêt by Thu-Van Tran (2019) ("Penetrable - Allegory of the Forest)

One contemporary artist used the painted ceiling of the Petit Palais as his canvas.  Click on the video below to see for yourself.

Death, Again (part 2) by Matt Copson (2019)

The exhibition continued outside the Petit Palais where we found some large boulders sliced in half with a mirrored surface.  We liked the effect of reflected images.  Check it out.  

The Petit Palais is reflect in the photo above.  

Marie-Chantal and Jean-Claude became part of the artwork.  

We also spotted a neon sign along the roof of the Petit Palais.  The sign (pictured below) is the signature phrase of artist Sylvie Fleury, who was featured in the Nuit Blanche parade with one of the large balloons.  The phrase, YES TO ALL, is the computer phrase seen in various situations, such as when coping and replacing many existing files.  For the artist, the phrase is a critique of consumer culture leading up to the 2008 Global Financial Crisis.  Rather than being thoughtful and selective, many consumers uncontrollably said "yes to all", buying whatever they wished.  

YES TO ALL by Sylvie Fleury (2009)

The artist has created a mind-blowing website that illustrates what she means by YES TO ALL.  If you want to experience it, click here.  

Thanks for visiting the Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain with us.  We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.

P.S.  More to come.