Nouvelles du monde renversé Show at Palais De Tokio

I went to the opening of the Nouvelles du monde renversé (News From the Upside Down) show at the Palais de Tokio. I’ve heard the openings are fun, glam events with an eclectic crowd and this was true. As I entered the cavernous, raw space lobby, the crowd was buzzing with excitement and everyone looked like their artiest selves. I marveled just as much at the people as the art.

The ambitious and almost overwhelming exhibit is a series of installations in vast rooms by including artists Michel Blazy, Tatiana Trouvé, Joe Coleman,David Noonan,Daniel Dewar & Gregory Gicquel and Peter Coffin amongst others.

The installations overall were stimulating, alive, and rubbed my art soul the right way. There were two standouts: Michael Blazy’s exceptional organic sculptures. I loved that he created a total environment and I felt like I was entering a world I had never seen before of massive creature- like sculptures.

The other was Joe Coleman’s, whose intricate, obsessive paintings depicting everything from innocent Americana to serial killers make you want to stare at them for hours. A combination of cartoon like images and fine painstaking painting, the works have you looking very closely at the incredible craftsmanship. There’s almost a tattoo like quality to them in some ways.

The Palais de Tokio is one of the great art institutions that truly supports and nourishes artists and is one of the few places in the Paris art world that isn’t afraid to take risks. I would put Palais de Tokio at the top of my list if you want to see the lifeblood of young artists.

Nouvelles du monde renversé- till May 6
Palais de Tokio
13 ave. du President Wilson, 75116
Open everyday 12PM till 12AM, except Monday
Metro: Alma Marceau

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