Its been a while since my last post, and with the flurry of UCAS applications there hasn't been a spare weekend for many gallery visits, bar one to the Chanel Little Black Jacket exhibition at London's Saatchi gallery in October. However,a surprise trip to Paris for my 18th birthday seemed worthy of a post, two days of art and culture, good food and wine. After departing from St. Pancras at 6 am on Saturday morning we arrived in Paris to crisp winter sun. A wander round the famous Notre Dame to take in the beautiful Gothic architecture was followed by a whistle-stop viewing at the Louvre, a thoroughly enjoyable, if slightly overwhelming experience.
On day two we travelled to the north of the city to the famous flea market. After attempting to barter for some unusual items of taxidermy (stuffed bird with a baby crocodile head and a cat with a fish head!), and failing, we took a cab, quite a feat at lunch hour in France, to the Pompidou centre. We headed up to the top floor, enjoying the view on the way, for lunch at the George restaurant. Watching the waiters and waitresses, who were all supposedly models and actors, preen and prance around the restaurant had to be some of the funniest moments of the trip! The internal architectural pods were reminiscent of Dali's anthromorphic shapes, which were on view at the exhibition on show below.
Unfortunately the weekend had to come to an end, however, a return trip scheduled for Feburary, with school including trips to see the Dali exhibition, the recreated Brancusi studio and the collection of 20th century art works at the Musee D'Orsay.
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