Art Work of the Month December 2011

Andreas Jaeggi / Louvre Paris
Andreas Jaeggi / Louvre Paris
Andreas Jaeggi / Louvre Paris Andreas Jaeggi / Louvre Paris

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Andreas Jaeggi:
"Paris / Corner of the Louvre at Rue de Rivoli"
Top:
Pencil, Oil Pastel & Acrylic on Heavy Paper, 14" x 14"
Bottom from Left to Right:
Pencil, Oil Pastel & Acrylic on Heavy Paper, 14" x 14"
Oil on Canvas, 24" x 24"
Preparatory Photo Collage in Black and White
2012

I regularly compare photographic "truth" with my own reality – the way I perceive my surroundings through painting. Whenever I am walking to my working place, the National Opera of Paris / Bastille, and approach this corner section of Napoleon's square building fronting the Louvre museum on Rue de Rivoli, my steps always slow down. I am forever fascinated by this particular view. The painted picture demonstrates how my eye simplifies the variety of architectural clutter; the photo is the "Click!"-truthfulness of the camera eye, although this is not entirely correct as the photo collage heightens the pyramiding perspective.