This morning I woke up resenting the taste of red wine and gin and craving a morning out. I googled "Museums of Paris" and came across something not too far from where I live, the Fondation Cartier pour l'Art Contemporain. The current exhibit featured the art of the illustrator Jean Giraud, aka Moebius or Gir.
As we entered the all-glass building, we were greeted by a young bespectacled man who directed us into a small movie theater to our right. We were handed the most intense pair of 3-D glasses I had ever seen and told the movie would begin in a few minutes. It was a short film with no dialogue or voiceover based off of one of Moebius' comic books about a couple of explorers encountering a crazy planet that is reminiscent of Avatar's Pandora, but way more intricate. It was chilling and intense, very little was explained, but it was quite beautiful. The rest of the exhibit consisted of a nicely laid out curving strip of his sketches, excerpts from his comic books, oil paintings, etc. etc. that wound through the entire first floor of the gallery. Photography was not permitted but here is a taste of his extremely diverse and intricate style of which I do not know much but can only describe as morbid, erotic, fantastical, sci-fi, and with a strong metaphysical property:
I spent way too much money in the gift store and purchased a present for a friend as well as a graphic novel copy of Kafka's Metamorphosis for myself. It's written in French and illustrated by Peter Kuper. Can't wait to curl up (ha . .) with this gem.
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