Paris EXPOSed

I have decided that I should be cultured. Luckily I have a new buddy named Hannah, who like me wishes to partake in all that Paris has to offer. Thus she became my culture buddy. Every Thursday afternoon, the two of us meet up for a nice "cultural" experience. Since there's only been 2 Thursdays since the grand inauguration of culture buddies, we've only been to 2 cool expositions going on at the moment in Paris.

Our first foray into the world of artistic culture was the "Picasso and his Masters" exhibit. Despite the hour and a half wait, it was absolutely incredible. Luckily for us, it was a beautiful day outside, so we just stood and chatted to each other while we listened to the sounds of some man playing the clarinet. Before attending I never knew that Picasso took already famous classical works and would "chew it up and then spew something totally new out". What the exhibit did was place all of the classical works that inspired Picasso's paintings next to the actual Picasso painting. It was absolutely incredible. We also got to see some very interesting print work Picasso had done earlier in his career which was very different from what you think of when you think Picasso.

The next Thursday we headed over to the Musee du Luxembourg where they had a private collection of some Portuguese oil tycoon on display. It was quite small and ranged from the early 20th century to more modern artists. Some of the most interesting art I found to be some of the Pop Art. I think I personally enjoy the private art collections more than a museum because it gives you an interesting perspective on the reason why art is chosen. Often times even though art is not strike you as similar visually you can see a connecting theme in the emotions it makes you have.

So that's all us culture buddies have done so far, stay tuned for pictures from the exhibitions