{"id":19027,"date":"2021-03-11T16:06:36","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T15:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colleensparis.com\/?page_id=19027"},"modified":"2023-11-06T12:12:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T11:12:15","slug":"churches-are-art-galleries-saint-merry-example","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/churches-are-art-galleries-saint-merry-example\/","title":{"rendered":"Churches are Art Galleries One Example is Saint-Merri"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Walking near the artsy Centre Georges Pompidou, I felt an urge to walk into a church. The Eglise Saint-Merri is an example that churches are art galleries. They are using the space for art exhibitions while the interior of Saint-Merri undergoes restoration of its niches and paintings. One exhibition is underwater, Caravaggio-style photography and the other, wood and cardboard <\/span>sculptures<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Underwater photographer,\u00a0Christy Lee Rogers<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0is showing her series “Human”. Although the images appear to be paintings, they are photographs replacing certain paintings under restoration.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Her work was chosen because of a baroque resemblance to Caravaggio (Caravage) using light, color, fabric, clothing and the body with the Chiaroscuro (Clair-obscur) – the strong contrast of light against dark – technique. Browser searching her name she explains her techniques in a video. I am amazed by the originality and will return before the exposition closes in April. I recommend watching the videos on her website of how Ms. Rogers makes this painting effect happen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The\u00a0Eglise Saint-Merri is hosting two exhibitions for Paul Walker Hamy<\/a>. The manger scene (cr\u00e8che<\/span>) scene will disappear, but the the wood series has no end date.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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For the nativity scene, a circle of imagery pops out powerfully.\u00a0The magi look toward the creche of a new born. To the left is a stained-glass window of mother and the child as a growing up. Behind the magi is the Pieta when the child is a departed soul in the arms of his mother.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The other sculptures are constructed with recycled wood from Paris parks and gardens. La Dormeuse is based on the sideways head sculpture nest to Eglise Saint-Eustache. Mr. Hamy wove them together during the first Paris confinement 2020. Until recently, his wood sculptures were originally shown on the Place Edmond-Michelet in front of the Pompidou Center and now call Eglise Saint-Merri home.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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\"Unbreakable
\"Unbreakable\" Underwater Photography Christy Lee Rogers Eglise Saint-Merri<\/div><\/a>\"Unbreakable
\"Unbreakable\" Underwater Photography Christy Lee Rogers Eglise Saint-Merri<\/div><\/a>\""Riders
\"Riders of the Light\" Underwater Photography Christy Lee Rogers Eglise Saint-Merri<\/div><\/a>\"Interior
Interior Eglise Saint-Merri Restoration of Niche<\/div><\/a>\"Angels
Nativity (Cr\u00e8che) Cardboard Sculpture Paul Walker Hamy Eglise Saint-Merri. Cardboard found at nearby stores<\/div><\/a>\"Nativity
Nativity (Cr\u00e8che) Cardboard Sculpture Paul Walker Hamy Eglise Saint-Merri. Cardboard found at nearby stores<\/div><\/a>\"La
La Dormeuse (The Sleeper) Wood Sculpture Paul Walker Hamy Eglise Saint-Merri<\/div><\/a>\"Main
Main (Hand) Wood Sculpture Paul Walker Hamy Eglise Saint-Merri<\/div><\/a>\"Achille
Achille - Wood Sculpture Paul Walker Hamy Eglise Saint-Merri. Sticks and branches from Paris parks and gardens<\/div><\/a><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Walking near the artsy Centre Georges Pompidou, I felt an urge to walk into a church. The Eglise Saint-Merri is an example that churches are art galleries. They are using…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20412,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19027","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19027"}],"version-history":[{"count":25,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20415,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19027\/revisions\/20415"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}