Artists Looking for a Show? Palais de Toyko!

Palais de Tokyo showcases contemporay art. we're talking post-2005. Most people I have spoken to about Paris haven't been to Palais de Tokyo, and I recommend it as part of your art beat next time you're there. It's right next to the Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. If you are an artist looking for your first show, you should consider Palais de Tokyo:

"...the Palais de Tokyo is a truly vibrant place that unhesitatingly mixes conceptual art and chainsaw sculture contests, Minimalism and zombies, readymades and mutants, to let people see contemporary art in an up-to-the-minute, complex-free way, as often as possible from the point of view of the artists themselves. It welcomes young artistes in residence sometimes offering them their first solo show or entrusts the curating of some of its exhibitions to artists..." Marc-Olivier Wahler is the current director.

Work by William Scott,a Bay Area conceptual artist, was on exhibit. It was fascinating to see his vision for the future of San Francisco and the transformation he has planned for Bayview/Hunter's Point, especially while in Paris. I was an outsider viewing outsider art, but with an ensuing local retrospect. With Scott, San Francisco reemerges as Praise Frisco, a place where his public longing for wholesome, peaceful interactions take place within redeveloped idealized neighborhood landmarks in SF.

I have so many pics of incredible artwork on display there from my day there 10 October 2008. A few of them are below. If you want to see them, email me or comment below and I'll share!

Hotel Everland on the roof of Palais de Tokyo - you can sleep!