MAMCS AND LEMON MERINGUE PIE

Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain Strasbourg, MAMCS, is definitely worth a visit. The musée is very deceptive as it is a lot larger than it looks there are galleries after galleries. A good place to go on a rainy day, which it was. Amongst the usual useless pieces there are some really good pieces by some well respected artists. A few that caught my attention were:

Torse des Pyrénées by Hans-Jean Arp.

I particularly like Arp's works and am always impressed to find that a lot of his notable pieces were created when he was in his 70's. So there's still hope! We were intrigued by the quite bizarre juxtaposition of the huge painting of Christ and the writhing contortions of the piece by Deacon. The photo does not capture the scale. The picture was at least 5 metres tall and the Deacon wooden assemblage at least 8 metres wide. The two pieces completely filled the gallery both visually and physically.

Quick, 2009 by Richard Deacon.

You always need a bit of surrealist art. The gallery did not fail. This work by Brauner, an artist I did not know very well, was notable. Very strange.

La Parole by Victor Brauner.

This last piece we actually thought that they were rehanging part of the gallery but we decided it was an installation. Well it might not have been as there was no information plaque to be found.

Pile of canvases by unknown artist.

Time was getting on and we decided to visit the ArtCafe for lunch. We envisaged a coffee and a quick sandwich. No chance, as it's France this proved to be fine dining. Waitress escorted to your seat and an excellent 2 course meal for €16.90. Not sure about the wriggley chip like things 'Späetzeles' a fried noodle of Germanic extraction. What's wrong with a few French fries? When ordering the meal I ordered a Lemon Meringue Pie for desert. The waitress said it was very popular so she would reserve me a slice. She did.

Reserved Lemon Meringue Pie for Geoff in the chiller cabinet.