Patterns at the Pompidou

Yesterday, I went to the Centre Pompidou for the first time! The museum occupies the fourth and fifth floors of the center and currently is exhibiting "elles@centrepompidou," which according to the exhibition guide, "...might be taken as a manifesto: women artists are now numerous and in their radical, complex and cross-disciplinary work they are writing a new history of art to challenge the old, tackling head-on great issues of the day."

Divided thematically into rooms with titles such as, "Corpography" and "Autobiographies," the work on the fourth floor solely features the exhibition, whereas the fifth floor additionally exhibits the Modern collection and uses red doorways to signify works devoted to "elles@centrepompidou." Hmmm... I have not yet fully formed my opinions regarding the usage of red doorways on the fifth floor; however, I can say I don't like it. For more regarding this subject, please read Linda Nochlin's essay "Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?" You can find it in Nochlin's Women, Art, and Power (1988) or in the January 1971 issue of ARTnews.

Anyways! Many of the works shown in both the exhibition and Modern galleries were amazing and powerful etc., and some were just really great looking. My attention was especially drawn to the way in which many works displayed complex and/or juxtaposed patterns. I took a few photos of my favorites.

Louise Nevelson, Reflexions of a Waterfall I, 1982

Atsuko Tanaka, Denkifuku, 1956/1999

Christina Iglesias, Untitled (Passage II), 2002

Pablo Picasso, Portrait de Jeune Fille, 1914

Similar to the Picasso, no? I love the way this girl is dressed. I think her blend of colors, polka dots and stripes is playful and awesome. A very stylish grandfather and granddaughter if you ask me.

Her bunny waves goodbye!