Category Archives: Profiles

France Culture: The Gulf Of Morbihan In Brittany

FRANCE 24 English (October 12, 2023) – In the Breton language, its name means “little sea”. The Gulf of Morbihan, in the French region of Brittany, is made up of around 40 islands, all of them small paradises.

The largest of them, l’Île aux Moines, is the most popular with tourists. Others belong to private owners, who live out their desert island dream. Oysters are farmed all year round on this storm-protected inland sea.

We take a closer look. Read more about this story in our article: https://f24.my/9r7U.y

Views: ‘Midnight Movers’ – French-American Painter Jules De Balincourt’s Art

Pace Gallery (September 14, 2023) – From his studio in Brooklyn, New York, Jules de Balincourt discusses his new suite of paintings on view as part of “Midnight Movers,” his debut exhibition with our gallery in New York and his first solo show in the city in a decade.

Working spontaneously, de Balincourt develops his expressive paintings through an improvisational approach that borders on abstraction. In this new interview, the artist dissects his process and the ways that he explores the natural world, globalization, technology, and psychology in his works.

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France Heritage: The Bulls & Manadiers Of Camargue

FRANCE 24 English (September 13, 2023) – We take you to discover a part of France that’s as fiercely proud of its heritage as it is of its character. The southern Camargue region and its wetlands are a paradise for flamingos, but the sacred animal here is the bull.

They live on these plains in semi-freedom and are reared by enthusiasts: the manadiers. These bulls are reared for one purpose: to become champions of the bullring in the Courses camarguaises. But the animals aren’t put to death and suffer no injuries. The raseteurs, wearing white, must collect the rosettes tied to the bull’s horns. We take a closer look.

Read more about this story in our article: https://f24.my/9mds.y

Culinary: Japanese Chef Prepares Kampachi Dishes

Bon Appétit (September 12, 2023) – Japanese chef Yuji Haraguchi, owner of OKONOMI // YUJI Ramen in New York, demonstrates how he butchers an entire kampachi and transforms it into six varied dishes.

Views: Artisans Of Bavaria

Monocle Films (September 11, 2023) – Bavaria’s rich manufacturing heritage shows that there is more to the region than the Alps, sausages and beer. Monocle Films takes a tour behind the scenes of renowned art materials manufacturers Faber-Castell, Gmund Papier mill and Theresienthal glassmakers to explore how traditional ways of making have endured thanks to a legacy of familial entrepreneurship.

Art Profiles: California Painter Jodi Bonassi’s “Spectacular” Bird Series

ERIC MINH SWENSON ART FILM (September 3, 2023) – Jodi Bonassi is a Los Angeles native and a professional artist who for over 3 decades has explored nature and the environment. The works often include animals so the transition to the bird series was a smooth one. 

The Museum of Modern Art and HIstory in the MOAH Cedar Annex gave her a solo exhibit “Bird By Bird”  in February 2022. The birds have led to many other exhibition opportunities. 

“I think of myself as a drawing informed painter.  This means that I mainly draw my images  beforehand and during the painting process.  My desire to contribute to society on a deeper level  drives me in the nature series to create narrative stories around my birds.  I wish to connect humans to nature and to each other.  Even in nature I desire to record history and people and how we all connect to nature.  It is important to preserve our wildlife  and question the environment that humans create.”

Jodi Bonassi: ‘Bird Series 2019 – 2023’ 

Profiles: Japanese Painter Setsuko – “Into Nature” Exhibition In Switzerland

Gagosian Gallery Films (September 1, 2023) Into Nature is an exhibition of new and recent ceramic and bronze sculptures, paintings, and works on paper by Setsuko at the gallery in Gstaad.

Setsuko: Into Nature at Gagosian

SETSUKO – Into Nature

July 1–September 10, 2023
Gstaad

Setsuko: Into Nature, Gstaad, July 1–September 10, 2023 | Gagosian

Since 1977, Setsuko has resided in the Grand Chalet of Rossinière, close to Gstaad, making this an opportunity for her to exhibit within reach of her Swiss home. Into Nature furthers the bodies of work presented in Into the Trees, Setsuko’s debut exhibition at Gagosian Paris in 2019, and Into the Trees II, a solo presentation at Gagosian Rome in 2022.

On view in Gstaad are new ceramic sculptures, produced at Astier de Villatte’s Paris workshop and made of terra-cotta glazed in white enamel. Setsuko’s renderings of trees, with their delicately modeled representations of acorns, blooms, foliage, and fruit, emphasize the rooted solidity of their trunks to convey lasting strength and emergent growth. Reminiscent of Japanese ceramics dating back to the age of Jōmon earthenware (c. 10,500–300 BCE), these works also refer to the animistic Japanese religion Shintō, to which trees are of central symbolic importance.

Morgan Library Exhibits: Swiss Painter Ferdinand Hodler “Drawings” Tour

The Morgan Library & Museum (August 23, 2023) – Isabelle Dervaux, curator of “Ferdinand Hodler: Drawings—Selections from the Musée Jenisch Vevey”, discusses the artist’s legacy and his impact on modernism.

Ferdinand Hodler: Drawings—Selections from the Musée Jenisch Vevey

June 16 through October 1, 2023

A modern art pioneer, renowned Swiss painter Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918) created works that range from vast symbolist compositions to intimate, realist portraits and nearly abstract landscape paintings. This exhibition of approximately sixty works, primarily on paper, will focus on the role of drawing in his practice, from quick compositional sketches to elaborate oil studies.

Most of the drawings Hodler produced were preparatory studies for his large-scale figure compositions; these offer a fascinating account of his working process, which involved technical experiments with imprints, tracing, and collages. A few of his portrait drawings will also be featured, including a poignant series in which he recorded the illness and death of his lover Valentine Godé-Darel.

These rarely seen drawings offer a compelling survey of Hodler’s singular contribution to early modernism.

Reviews: The Best Charles Bronson Movies (MGM)

MGM STUDIOS (August 19, 2023) – Check out some of Charles Bronson’s best scenes in this crafted compilation.

  • The White Buffalo (1977) – Directed By: J. Lee Thompson
  • The Magnificent Seven (1960) – Produced & Directed By: John Sturges
  • Breakheart Pass (1975) – Directed By: Tom Gries
  • The Great Escape (1963) – Produced and Directed by: John Sturges
  • Murphy’s Law (1986) – Directed By: J. Lee Thompson
  • Chato’s Land (1972) – Produced and Directed By: Michael Winner
  • Jules Verne’s Master of the World (1961) – Directed By: William Witney