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20 years after Ernest Pignon-Ernest L'Isle sur la Sorgue

Moving on vacation, and for those who have the chance to spend the summer near Isle sur la Sorgue, do not miss the delicate and subtle exhibition Ernest Pignon-Ernest, in the no less delicate and delicious home of Rene Char.

Ernest Pignon-Ernest is an artist whose work (original) is (Wholesale) to choose first an urban space with meaning, to hold a drawing on the history of the place, for example, drawing that is then photographed in situ photograph itself will be reworked, completed, then screen-printed or re-photographed.

The challenge of this device is embedded with multiple interventions, as is well said in interviews and texts by the artist dedicated to his work in staging the urban areas themselves, which would pass without the intervention unnoticed: " ... at first there is a place, a place of life on which I wish to work. I try to grasp at once all that it sees and, in the same movement which is not seen: the history, buried memories, the symbolic ... In this real place, I just put a piece of fiction, an image (usually a body-wide 1). This integration aims both to make the place a plastic space and in working memory, revealing, disturbing, exacerbate the symbolic ... " Pignon-Ernest revisits some of the places haunted by the great figures of national our literary pantheon: Nerval, Rimbaud, Artaud, Genet (the choice of these figures was not trivial). It is ultimately the inverse the ready-made: instead of extracting an object from the street for display in a museum, a work is exposed to the streets to reveal something of the street itself.

Exhibitor spaces rather than works, the dynamic processes rather than stationary objects, at the crossroads of the poster art of the streets and academic drawing, combining two or more art forms (drawing, architecture, screen printing, photography), the creative process of Pignon-Ernest is himself the opportunity of a poetic meditation which we will measure any fertility in the museum Campredon, or in the pages of the beautiful monograph that here.

I also mentioned the exhibition dedicated to him at Avignon, Chapel St. Charles, until July 27. Useful information on the official website of the artist.

Exhibition " Ernest Pignon-Ernest, pagan icons " Campredon Hotel - Maison René Char, July 4 to October 4, 2008.

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Ganagobie

For all those who have the chance to spend the summer in Provence, two boards ride on the lands of the Romanesque church architecture. Program: wonderful panorama, charming churches and serenity.

Less known than the three sisters Cistercian Sénanque Thoronet and Silvacane , the Monastery of Our Lady of Ganagobie , near Manosque, and perched on a rocky plateau overlooking the Durance to peak, is worth a look and more.

Several architectural elements attract the eye of the visitor. First, the magnificent carved portal that stands naked on the front, just pierced by an oculus. Sobriety, but not counting a decorative-Cistercian. Christ in Majesty with Evangelists (and their symbolic animals angel bull, lion, eagle) overlooking the apostles and illustrate the various virtues required of a Christian.

Then, the beautiful mosaic floor, all around the altar in the apse and the transept, on the theme of the struggle between good and evil, the four elements. It's always the sign of attachment of the Cluny Abbey in architecture (and not Cistercian). Here the scenery can be isolated, localized in the wall and really plays its role as an ornament , adding mentally detached from the structure, unlike the Baroque churches, palaces Mannerists Modernist houses, where " everything is decorated. "

Finally, the magnificent staircase of steps simple ones that lead to the organ, or one that is seen sneaking through a hole in the wall down into the adjacent cloister. Those are really beautiful pieces of architecture.

In the process, do not miss the visit of Salagon priory and gardens (herb garden, medieval garden, perfumes ...). In the church (XIth - XIIth century), visit the foundations of an ancient Roman villa, admire the carved stones placed on it, and there, above the columns or walls, windows and contemporary designed by Aurélie Nemours .

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The Count of Monte Cristo on DVD

Text abounding, "page-turner" diabolical modern myth, the Count of Monte Cristo is both (i) the novel of revenge, (ii) the novel silver (iii ) and the formulation of a key issue of his time on justice and responsibility: how far extends the responsibility of men, and how far their right to claim compensation?

First a few words about the story, everyone knows almost broadly. Edmond Dantes, a young sailor engaged to the beautiful Mercedes, sees his future plans dashed by jealousy and greed of his companions. Unfairly maligned (in full acknowledgment of Bonapartism Restoration), it is 14 years locked up in the sinister dungeons of the Chateau d'If by the fault of a jealous rival of his first love, a second jealous of his success, the duplicity of an ambitious judge fearing for his career, and the cowardice of a fourth unable to denounce others.

Aided by an abbot fellow sufferer who sends him the secret before dying of a massive treasure, the young man who is no longer as it escapes and returns to the world under the guise of a Count wealthy, decided to take revenge on men who wanted his loss, and have since acquired position, consideration, and fortune. But there is no question of murder. We need to Monte Cristo a punishment more terrible, slow, inexorable as a reversal of fortune, a succession of fatal accident which leaves plenty of time for perpetrators to probe the depths of their own reasons for the misfortunes that struck. This will be the careful and gradual destruction of all future projects built on children, financial ruin and moral, the public shame that lead to dementia, or suicide. Must give his enemies the illusion to rise very high before they withdraw one by one the things they care about most.

The cabal, the fascination of the Orient and its poisons, the corruption of money, Dumas revisits all this and more, you need to compromise in order to rise in society over others, stratagems and intrigues to take the law without getting caught. Highly intelligent, intoxicated by the very power that gives him his fortune, Dantes / Cristo first simple and naive gradually gaining in thickness and density, to explore his home and any other variety of human emotions, from hatred to affection , shame, fear, hypocrisy. Fascinating exploration, which was fun to do with him.

Villefort's character is a treat. Procureur, haunted by memories of a stillborn illegitimate son of an adulterous relationship with Madame Danglars (wife of a rival Dantes) recognizes her child in the guise of an accused that he has just condemned to death, while at the same time, his home, his wife commits suicide after poisoning the entire family (see diagram below). He sinks into madness. There is truly something enjoyable to do gradually converge miles terrible ramifications of the plan of Dantes. Tension, psychological complexity, suspense, alliances against nature, suspicious deaths and resurrections miraculous, Dumas played the entire range.

The Count of Monte Cristo is also a novel of money, which allows all and fascinating. The liberality of the Earl vis-à-vis its friends equaled his entire financial power, access to absolute knowledge, his ability to manipulate the hearts of corrupt men and direct them unwittingly to a fatal outcome . The chapter entitled "The Dinner" is a nice piece of bravery, and for those the subject of curiosity interest, an absolute must.










Finally, from a symbolic point of view, the novel also poses Dumas issues symptomatic of the post-revolutionary era. And in this sense, albeit in a different way of Three Musketeers or Queen Margot, the Count of Monte Cristo is a historical novel.

1789 has broken the conventional assay, and son were freed from the determinism of their birth, the condition of their fathers, and heredity of blood lineage. But at the same time this freedom by redistributing social positions, has caused confusion and allowed some to build a fortune on the misfortune of others, lower. An injustice replaces another. The maxim of the Exodus, the son who wants to realize the fault their fathers unto the third and fourth generation, is a permanent reference throughout the novel.

Decided to break his enemies what they value most, the Count takes it first to their children, future plans and social promotion associated with them. Save time by doubts, he hesitates to finally cover their offspring the weight of his terrible plan. This is nothing less than the formulation, certainly implicitly, and as metaphorical, political and philosophical issues central to the time. This work of symbolization then, is not it just the artist's own work ?

See also: The Three Musketeers, by Alexandre Dumas.