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Takashi Murakami @ Versailles

Anke — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 22:54:17 +0000

When I read about the Takashi Murakami exhibition at Versailles Castle, it was instantly clear that I have to go there. I love his kind of art so much. It is colorful, vivid and fancy; well.. it is japanese :)

Since Pairs is only a 2½ hour train ride away, we planned to visit the exhibition as a day trip. Actually a nice plan, but in the end it came out completely different.
There was already a delay of 20 minutes when we got on the train. Due to a technical defect we could not ride very fast, the delay increased and we even had to change the train at the next station. Eventually we arrived in Paris two hours later than expected.
Finally there, a bitch tried to pick my pocket while I was entering a local train. But fortuntately she was not successful and nothing except a couple of minutes was lost.
After spending some lovely hours at the exhibition we went back to the station and surprise, surprise our train was cancelled. Since it was the last one for this day, we were stucked in Paris and had to wait until the following morning. At least we got a hotel room.

But all that trouble could not mar the nice time we had in Versailles. It was definitely worth the trip!

See the whole set on my flickr.

Little exhibition

Anke — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:15:46 +0000

When I was driving home from work today, day for day the same route and knowing every little piece of it, I suddenly spotted somethingblue and big. I turned and since I still needed a motive for the today’s photo for the project365 I grabbed my camera to capture it.

The books of this huge bookshelf were either made of wood or stone. Actually very simple, but such a great idea.

Inside the building were a lot more objects of the artist Dan T. Fahlbusch. The exhibition was part of a song workshop there and the artist is not only a sculptor but also a musician.

Hamburg

Anke — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 21:25:28 +0000

Last weekend I went to Hamburg to attend the «Poplife». It was an exhibition about artists like Andy Warhol, Keith Haring or Takashi Murakami. Especially the latest delighted my heart and soul. His work is so colorful, so cheerful. A big Manga girl welcomed the visitors, cute toys were waiting in a glass cabinet and a funny song was playing in an infinite loop. I would have loved nothing better than to pack everything in my bag, but I guess this would have meant trouble.

So all that remained was taking some pictures and listening to that hilarious song again and again.

It was my second trip to Hamburg. I like this city a lot. I like standing at the riverbank and watching the big ships and I like the wind blowing around my nose. Since I did all the sightseeing during the first time, I had enough time to stroll around or just sit at Strand Pauli and have a beer in the sun.

But there was one thing I had to do.. and this was going back to «Miniatur Wunderland». I am not particularly interested in model railroad but this installation is so different. It is made with so much passion for detail and it is a pure joy to discover all the details. Everything has a reason and is part of a little story. I spent hours there and I am absolutely positive that I missed again more that I can imagine. If you ever will be in Hamburg a visit there is very advisable.

Check out my flickr.. Poplife, Miniatur Wunderland, Hamburg.