Tuesday 3 June 2008

Fernand Léger in Basel

Fernand Léger - Les grands plongeurs noirs (1944)An imaginary conversation at the Fondation Beyeler in darkest Basel concerning the hanging of Fernand Léger's Les grands plongeurs noirs (1944), otherwise known as The Big Black Divers, for its summer exhibition Fernand Léger: Paris - New York.
"Here, guv, we got this the right way up?"
"Er...mm...yes."
"But their feet are in the air."
"That's because they're plongeurs."
"Eh?"
"Divers, man, divers."
"You sure, guv?"
"Of course I'm sure. That's the title: The Big Black Plongeurs."
"Why...?"
"Don't ask."
"Looks like an orgy, with their feet sticking up."
"You're not paid to be an art critic, Igor. Just hang the bloody thing."
"All right, guv. Keep your hair on."
(Click the title link to see if Coxsoft Art has indeed got the "plongeurs" the right way up.)

2 Comments:

At 3/6/08, Blogger lennardg said...

Ha,Ha - pretty funny stuff :-)

 
At 3/6/08, Blogger Unknown said...

Thanks, Lennard. I do my best.

 

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