Zombie Kitty Kawaii! Travels The World!

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Comment by Dean aka Artist in Seine on March 1, 2012 at 8:27am

Well as we are on the subject of urban art, we took a walk into unknow places of Paris that tourist never go ... or come back if they do go there!

Well I must admit that doing art work on this scale must take some talent.  However I can not help but thinking of an old woman getting up in the morning, and looking out her window, (the same window she looked out of for the past 80 years, and seeing this.   I just don't see the point, besides, you can't mail the thing to anyone!

However, I do see very deep meaning in this art work and it pushes my mind to daydream:  There I am, on top of the roof with nothing but a roller brush and a bucket of white paint in my hands!

Comment by Mim Golub Scalin on March 1, 2012 at 12:36am

I so happy to know all of this about that Police Station, which I've taken many photos of over the years. I didn't know it was so recent. Also, how crazy is the Venus di Milo and the balls one! yikes! Thanks for the information, K.

Comment by Louise Kiner on February 29, 2012 at 11:06pm

Well, I for one have learned something new about this architect and his buildings. Well, many new things actually.

Comment by Dean aka Artist in Seine on February 29, 2012 at 10:41pm

Well that one is outside of Paris, and I never go out side of the wall, such a snob I am, but here it is without the kat: 

What I read was that the French think it should be moved to Las Vegas or Disneyland.

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 29, 2012 at 10:05pm

HaHaHaHa! Too funny, Dean! 

The triangle cut-out space seems to be

the architect's interpretation of a "buttress"??? 

And this architect did an even stranger building use cement balls and Venus D'Milo! (Can you bring a photo of that one here, Dean?)

My, but Zombie Kitty Kawaii has us investigating art in Paris! ;-)

Comment by Dean aka Artist in Seine on February 29, 2012 at 9:56pm

Wow, thank you for that Katerina.  And I thought it was just advertising for French deodorant.

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 29, 2012 at 9:44pm

and the architect (google and see lots of photos of the Paris "police station"!)

Born in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, in 1942, Manuel Nunez Yanowsky obtained a degree in history and archeology at the University of Barcelona in 1973, following studies at the Adira Gual Dramatic Art School in Barcelona. Nunez Yanowsky was among the founders of Barcelona's Taller de Arquitectura. 

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 29, 2012 at 9:21pm

"google knows all" !!!

"The Promenade plantée is probably the best spot to view the surprising top of the 12th arrondissement’s Police station. All the balconies of the two last levels of the building are separated by a copy of Michaelangelo’s “The Dying Slave”. The 12 reproductions might symbolise the number of the arrondissement (the 12th). The original copy of the statue can be seen in the Louvre museum.

Do not be misled: the imposing building with its statues is not at all old for it was constructed in the 1990s!"

(What's an "original copy"???)

Comment by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on February 29, 2012 at 9:15pm

by Michelangelo :-)

Comment by Louise Kiner on February 29, 2012 at 9:14pm

Nicely spotted, Katerina!

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