Seeing colors and shapes

If you are looking for artworks that are worth collecting in Paris, Place des Vosges, with galleries sitting right next to each other offering a full range of human expressions in physical forms, is probably a better location than the hilly streets and squares of Sacre Coeur dipicted in movies. Of course, the fact that it is the oldest square in Paris and counts L’Ambroisie, a Michelin 3 star restaurant, amongst the tenants only add to its charm and allure. Amongst the many galleries worth visiting, José Antonio Diazdel’s choices of shapes and color combinations can be found at Galerie Lisette Alibert.

Of course, you do not have to be in Paris nor inside a gallery. Outside of Paris, hung on the stairway toward the library of Troisgros in Roanne, another Michelin 3 star restaurant, is an oil on canvass painting by Pia Fries with bold strokes and stark white space.



(Sempé, 1987 - partial view)

Involving no Michelin star, the cartoonist Jean Jacques Sempé, whose Le Petit Nicolas reaffirms the simple goodness of life for kids and whose well articulated and sparse lines shown in New Yorkers and other periodicals exposes his gentle cynicism of humanity in a tranquil world on the road paved with good intentions, can be found at Galerie Martine Gossieaux in Paris. A colleague of Sempé in an ad agency way back, Martine has an impressive inventory of post cards, books, lithograph, posters, original works, etc. If you are a fan, a visit to the gallery is like a visit to a chocolate shop where eyes are always bigger than stomach or wallet. Fortunately, tasting is allowed and the indulgent clerk will take out every single work for you to see - as long you do not mind hearing yourself saying: "wow!", "look at the lines!", "yeah, that was exactly how I felt.", "hahaha!", "don’t put it back yet!"

Galerie Martine Gossieaux
56, rue de l'université
75007 PARIS
T: 01 45 44 48 55
F: 01 42 84 00 17
Galerie Martine Gossieaux


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