Palais de Tokyo
Today I visited the Palais de Tokyo for the first time. My visit didn’t convince me that contemporary art isn’t just a series of confidence tricks played on a gullible public. Somebody needs to spend some time explaining it all to me.
Palais de Tokyo (1937): Architecture, graffiti, pond, dead leaves, rain on pavement, glass box on roof
Unfinished Tidying of Chairs, Or Possibly Art (2010): chair, chair, chair (folding), chair
Jeans Filled with Concrete in a Circle and a Sign on the Wall (2010): Jeans, concrete, sign, wall
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The Palais de Tokyo is based on the premise that art critics are the ones who advance contemporary art, which is the biggest crock I’ve ever come across. I covered art for five years for the Wall St. Journal, and there’s some amazing stuff out there — none of which is in that massively disappointing museum.
Actually, there’s a Wallace Berman show up at some gallery in Paris that I’d give my eye teeth to go see. Check that out and tell us what you think!