Expo : Hasard Games and Cinema Palm Beach Cannes until 4 June 2017
As part of the 70th Cannes Film Festival, more than 170 artists are currently exhibiting at the Casino Palm Beach in Cannes on the theme « Games, Hasard and Cinema » until 4 June 2017.
A 25 meters long work in the heart of the Croisette – Patrick Moya
The artist Niçois will install an artistic composition 25 meters long by 5 meters high on the roof of the beach 3.14 Cannes, throughout the period of the Cannes Festival.
A work, installed almost equidistant from the Palais des Festivals and Palm Beach, which recalls the magic of the 7th art and the Casino, not to mention the famous red carpet of the steps of the Palais des Festivals but also those of Palm Beach...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHZDz0rifds
About Patrick Moya :
Artist living in Nice, the creation of « Dolly » in 1999, inspired by the cloned sheep, will become one of the central characters of the Moya universe and the visual identity of the « Dolly Party », techno evenings from the South of France. Adept of live painting, Moya beats her record in 2013 at the Art Fair « Vernice » Reggio Emilia in Italy with a painting of 27 meters made in 2 days.
To discover from Thursday 18 May 2017 – Plage 3.14 Cannes
The colossus « Melody in the basement » - Kristian
He is one of the 10 artists who customized the famous Palm Beach Colosses for the exhibition « Games, Hasard and Cinema ». His work pays tribute to the mythical film by Henri Verneuil with Jean Gabin and Alain Delon « Melody in the basement ».
About Kristian:
A humorous cartoonist, Kristian croque, since the 1980s, news for the national, international print press, television but also the famous Cannes International Film Festival or the models of the tanks of the Carnival of Nice. The pencil trait of this Azurean gives to think, smile or dream and sums up the complexity of a problem with sometimes biting humour!
70 meters of silk for 70 presidents of the Cannes Film Festival jury
It was during an artistic happening on the steps of the Palais des Festivals de Cannes on 28 April 2017, that Daniela Foltynova unveiled her monumental work of 70 meters of silk on which she painted the names of the 70 presidents of the jury of the Cannes Festival. Since then, the work has been to be discovered in the Casino Palm Beach gallery until June 4, 2017.
About Daniela Foltynova :
Originally from Zlin in the Czech Republic, this artist installed in her anti-wood workshop since 1995, is passionate about the silk she discovered during her studies in Czechoslovakia and the red colour. Of course, his tribute to the Cannes Film Festival is as vibrant as his attraction for this color.
The colossus « You have to film everything. » - Ben.
True to his signature, Ben customised his colossus on the theme of cinema and on a strong theme where he discovers his famous writing everywhere except in the center of a sign that highlights the most intimate part of this colossus.
About Ben:
Artist known for his performances and installations, his writings in various forms have made his reputation. Originally from Switzerland, this French artist, close to Yves Klein and seduced by New Realism, settled in Nice after many trips. From his signature, he produces an art of ideas and will apopose on paintings, objects, photos, people... Ben's works are now present in the world's largest private and public collections such as the MoMA, New York and the Paris National Museum of Modern Art.
The colossus « Modern Times » – Géraldine Morin/Erik Stalin
Hommage à Charlie Chaplin avec ce colosse qui rappelle le dernier film muet du réalisateur et datant de 1936, les temps modernes.
Plus de 170 œuvres sur le thème « Jeux, Hasard et Cinéma » sont à découvrir au Casino Palm Beach durant la période du Festival de Cannes et l’exposition se clôturera par les ventes aux enchères des objets mythiques du Palm Beach ainsi que les automates du musée de la Curiosité les 3 et 4 juin 2017.
Parmi les objets mythiques du Casino Palm Beach et les automates, certains, eux aussi, rendent hommage au cinéma et au festival de Cannes comme :
Le comptoir -bar, devenu célèbre grâce à une scène dans Mélodie en sous-sol avec Alain Delon.
La table poker charity, utilisée lors du 61ème festival de Cannes pour le Charity Poker Festival. Des artistes internationaux ont joué sur cette table, et certaines de leurs paraphes sont encore visibles (Adrian Brody, Dennis Hopper, Salma Hayek, Woody Harrelson, Goldie Hawn, Tim Robbins, Edward Norton, Alice Taglioni)
L’automate King Kong
Photos de stars – portraits en noir et blanc réalisés par le photographe Serge Haouzi
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Carolyn Paul-B – carolynpaul.presse@gmail.com – T + 33(0)6 24 09 65 37
