Bernard Blistene

" Je n'ai pas le got des objets ou de l'art, c'est--dire que je ne me considre pas comme un expert et encore moins comme un historien. [...] j'prouve de la passion pour ce qui me drange, m'intrigue, me gne [...]. En portugais, nous avons le mot " esquisito " [le terme dsigne ce qui est droutant, singulier, excentrique] pour dcrire peu prs ce que je ressens. Peut-tre est-ce cela qui fait le lien entre tout ce que je collectionne Enfin, si on veut tout prix faire un lien, trouver un fil conducteur... " Sylvio Perlstein. Au cours des quarante dernires annes le collectionneur belgo-brsilien, Sylvio Perlstein, a runi, en suivant son intuition et au gr des rencontres et des dcouvertes, un exceptionnel ensemble d'uvres comptant des pices majeures des avant-gardes du XXe sicle : Dada, surralisme, photographie des annes 1920-1950, Nouveau Ralisme, art conceptuel, art minimal... L'exposition " Busy going crazy " la Maison rouge, ce sont plus de 400 photographies, peintures, sculptures, installations de Arman, Becher, Bochner, Breton, Broodthaers, Buren, Ernst, Calzolari, Cartier-Bresson, Christo, Dali, Doisneau, Duchamp, Flavin, Joostens, Judd, Kawara, Klein, Kosuth, Kruger, LeWitt, Lichtenstein, Marden, Man Ray, Merz, Nauman, Ryman, Spoerri, Pistoletto, Tinguely, Weiner... pour ne citer que quelques noms, toutes tendances et poques confondues.… (mer)

By far, this is the most comprehensive illustrated history of Yves Saint Laurent that I've read thus far, and it is definitely a key addition to any fashion history collection. The focus is clearly on the fashion that Saint Laurent created, rather than his personal life of the work done by subsequent heads of the fashion house, and it is thus made clear how the innovations of Saint Laurent changed the course of modern fashion. I would have liked to see a chapter on modern reinventions of the Saint Laurent style (such as the sculpted pieces seen in McQueen's work that clearkly reference similar methods from Saint Laurent's catalogue), but overall I thought that the book was very well crafted. The short sections dedicated to Saint Laurent's favourite colours (that contain a quote and examples of his work) were my favourite, because they gave readers a break in between the narrative chapters and showcased the focus on colour that Saint Laurent employed.… (mer)