As the dust settles on FIAC, we recap on the second leg of our FIAC exploration, which involved proceeding to the Officielle satellite fair organised by FIAC. This is the first Officielle organised by FIAC for young galleries and emerging art. This included contemporary African art, which we covered in our post titled Contemporary African Art in Paris – FIAC.

The event hosted 68 galleries from 14 different countries including the UK , which took place from 22nd – 26th Oct 2014.

We caught the complementary river shuttle service from the main FIAC event at Grand Palais to Les Docks Cite De la mode et du design where Officeille was hosted. Les Docks Cite De la mode et du design (The City of Fashion and Design) located along the Siena Riverbank.

Les Doc Images courtesy Les Dos Cite Mode Design

We seem to have gravitated to the Japanese offerings at both FIAC and Officielle. As mentioned in our post on FIAC, we noted the works of Japanese Photographer Mika Ninagawa, as one of our favourites. Following with the Japanese theme, the first on our list of favourites is the pop art work by Contemporary Japanese artist Koichi Enomoto represented by Taro Nasu gallery  who was also at this year’s London Frieze. We were particularly drawn to the playfulness, graffiti and cartoon depiction in the paintings.

Koichi Enomoto was born in Osaka Japan. He lives and works in Kyoto Japan.

Next on our favourite delights is the work by Daniël van Straalen presented by Stigter Van Doesverg, whose digital collage print on cotton with an optical illusion effect, was fresh and exciting.  These works were very popular with visitors.

The works of Guillaume Pinard evoked a positive emotive response of happiness. I kept on looking at the painting and kept on smiling. The subject drew me into a place of joy. This may not have been the artist’s intention, but these are the emotions I felt when gazing at the work. Guillaume Pinard  was represented by Anne Barralt Gallery

Guillaume Pinard lives and works in Toulouse, France

Geneviève Claisse a French geometrical abstract painter represented by Bertrand Grimont was our next pick. We found the geometry and boldness in the colours alluring.

We caught the river shuttle service back to Grand Palais and as dusk fell we enjoyed some great sights at night along the Siena Riverbank, views of the Eiffel Tower and busyness of Champ Elysees.

 

We noticed these glammed up rickshaws, which you can board and ease your way through the traffic around Champs Elysees.

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We had dinner at Cafe George V on Champs Élysées, which was scrumptious. We ended the evening with a glass of Bellini. Our 2nd glass cost us a bit more, as prices went up after 8pm.

Belini
Au revior for now.

 

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