La Belle Etoile is hosting an exhibit of French artist Yves Géraud’s miniature copies of famous masterpieces until Saturday 26 March 2016.
Yves Géraud’s speciality in copying the works of others into miniature form has led to extraordinary pieces, nine of which have made it into the Guinness Book of Records. One of these accomplishments is the smallest museum in the world, with 10 copies of master paintings all in a small matchbox of 15 cm2.
Yves Géraud also creates pieces of art in other forms, such as through photography, mirror painting and the reproduction of other artists’ work in real size.
"Through art, I hope to create a universal feeling. I rely on the theme that concerns us all like a dream, absence, indifference, absurdity, hope, poetry, memory ... to suggest metaphorically, by analogy or by extrapolating plural emotions," said Yves Géraud in an interview with Ô Magazine.
La Belle Etoile is displaying fourteen of Yves Géraud’s miniatures alongside reproductions of the originals for viewers to compare and appreciate.
Amongst these will be: “Bedroom in Arles” and “Sunflowers” (Vincent Van Gogh); “When will you marry?” and “A Vase of Flowers” (Paul Gauguin), “The Mechanic” (Fernand Léger); “Sleeping Nude with Arms Open (Red Nude)” (Amedeo Modigliani); “Romanian Blouse” (Henri Matisse); “Impression, Sunrise” (Claude Monet); “Harlequin Leaning”, “Mediterranean Landscape” and “The Old Guitarist” (Pablo Picasso); “Blue Horse” (Franz Marc); “Living room of the street of the Mills” (Henri de Toulouse- Lautrec) and “Women, Birds, Stars” (Joan Miro).
Photo provided by La Belle Etoile.
