Spiritofboz

The 4th Be Art Show in Latin America had something special. It took place on December 5, 2007, during the "noche de la exposicion" (Gallery Night), DacilArt Gallery, in Buenos Aires (Argentina). The star of the show was obviously Jack Balance, the famous character from Julien Friedler’s Book of Boz.

This colorful character was in the object of an auction sale, which would provide the buyer the right to bring him back home for 3 days and draw, paint, picture him,… Julien Friedler describes this process as "collector’s art", according this Be Art proposition : "To seek art in unexpected places." Besides, a lottery was organized, with this prize : a 10 minutes date with Jack Balance during the night.

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Didi Wagner, a well-known Brazilian TV journalist, has interviewed Julien Friedler, just before the opening of "Demoiselles Revisited", - an art show celebrating the centennial of Picasso’s famous painting, The Demoiselles d’Avignon, - at Francis Naumann Gallery, in New York, on November 16, 2007. Didi’s show, Lugar Incomum, was broadcasted on the Multishow channel of the Globo network, for a Brazilian audience, on December 12, 2007.

Julien Friedler spoke about the subversive aspect of Picasso’s painting, about his own contribution to the art show, about his career of psychoanalyst, about "art as space of liberty" and, last but not least, about his large scale project, "The Forest of Souls".

Read/see also :

• The Demoiselles Revisited : details and artists.
• The Demoiselles Revisited : photos.
• The Forest Of Souls / Around The Boz In 80 Years
  

Alongside our reading excerpts of the Book of Boz (3 podcast episodes are already available to download), we have started a new series of podcasts : the BebozCasts.

What is about here ? Rather than an user guide, "a little red book" or "a summary" of Spirit of Boz, we’ll imagine a commentary, in which we will enter deeper in the work, tracing a road, as a "winding path in our soul, with multiple junctions, stops and drawing odd arabesques"…

The first episode is already available, in the "Podcast" category, on www.beboz.org

Some pictures of the "Demoiselles Revisited"  opening, (Francis Naumann Gallery, New York), on November 16, 2007. This art show celebrates the centennial  of the world famous "Les Demoiselles d’Avignon", by Picasso, until December 21, 2007.

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