Lithograph, 67 by 52 cm Who’d ever guess that painting black on black would get you a million dollars and more? The miracle – because it is another Contemporary Art miracle – is called Soulages, a 94 year-old, 6 foot tall Frenchman who still paints everyday, spreading his favorite color, black, searching for the perfect…
Category: Contemporary Art
The Artist Who Stalked Death and Couldn’t Capture It
Sophie Calle is a French contemporary artist with the reputation of a “stalker”, a term used by Stuart Jeffries on the UK Guardian (see here) Source: From UK Guardian’s article “Stalker,stripper, sleeper and spy” Whatever the right term, she is famous for being extremely intrusive in other people’s lives – for example, introducing herself…
Claude Forthomme 