tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post859484463025965035..comments2024-03-17T18:23:38.257+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: Le Déclin and a fall from graceAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-437151355031950382023-12-29T15:02:35.750+01:002023-12-29T15:02:35.750+01:00https://untappedcities.com/2010/10/08/in-an-indust...https://untappedcities.com/2010/10/08/in-an-industrial-suburb-of-paris-a-hidden-backlot-of-high-culture/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-42119855734571679262023-05-11T16:16:09.170+02:002023-05-11T16:16:09.170+02:00I'm researching Steiner and wonder if it would...I'm researching Steiner and wonder if it would be possible to visit the storage facility to see and photograph this statue? Any clue whom to contact? Chris KAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-60835209318470743082013-06-04T13:09:04.905+02:002013-06-04T13:09:04.905+02:00Beautiful photos! Thank you.Beautiful photos! Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-74198818606512505492013-03-19T16:48:35.486+01:002013-03-19T16:48:35.486+01:00that is a lovely statue. Too bad it was vandalized...that is a lovely statue. Too bad it was vandalized like this.<br />Why people have fun doing such things is beyond me.<br />They should have caught the vandals and forced them to clean the statue.A Lady's Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973102350411443282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-24760126748325985112013-03-18T16:43:38.999+01:002013-03-18T16:43:38.999+01:00Thank you. I'm just about to put the postcard...Thank you. I'm just about to put the postcard on my postcard blog*. I was hoping to find that you could see it today. It's such a sad story that a beautiful statue should be vandalised and then taken away. <br /><br />"Le Déclin" seems to be an apt name in many ways...<br /><br />(*timeandoft.blogspot.com)Anjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-79186535640090983822012-12-27T16:26:23.276+01:002012-12-27T16:26:23.276+01:00I have a copy of 'La Mort et Les Statues' ...I have a copy of 'La Mort et Les Statues' and find it heart wrenching. The captions were written by Jean Cocteau and are pretty easy to translate. <br />On another note, some statues that were destroyed (like the heads of the kings of Judah which originally graced the front of Notre Dame) have found other homes. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-53626400664126665092012-12-27T15:50:53.215+01:002012-12-27T15:50:53.215+01:00On a different but related note and following on f...On a different but related note and following on from my previous post a few days ago, I was looking at the work of Pierre Jahan, a photographer who documented the destruction of a number of Parisian (metal) statues during the Occupation during WW2.<br /><br />Some of his images were collated into a book 'La Mort et Les Statues', which I believe is still available today.<br /><br />Paris Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-52732837637603960052012-12-22T20:57:18.939+01:002012-12-22T20:57:18.939+01:00Coming to this post late - as I always seem to - I...Coming to this post late - as I always seem to - I'm struck not only by the statue, its decline and ultimately how it is taken away to be with other statues in a 'retirement home'.<br /><br />Perhaps inanimate representations of ourselves are treated no better or no worse than our fellow humans beings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-63362568775666509172012-03-22T18:33:36.305+01:002012-03-22T18:33:36.305+01:00This is so great. I am now dying to learn how I ca...This is so great. I am now dying to learn how I can visit the art collection storage space!!Paris Cheapskatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03031717173164745055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-90912238463975431582012-02-22T16:40:57.653+01:002012-02-22T16:40:57.653+01:00What an excellen blog, congratulations. It´s extre...What an excellen blog, congratulations. It´s extremelly interesting. And the fact that is from <a href="http://www.despegar.com.mx/hoteles/hl-par-i1/hoteles-en-paris" rel="nofollow">paris</a> is a plus for me. Bye!Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06911499677424799367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-26172145348128665902012-01-27T22:58:34.071+01:002012-01-27T22:58:34.071+01:00tap: I have the feeling that visits are sometimes ...tap: I have the feeling that visits are sometimes possible, but I haven't been able to confirm this yet. More news next week hopefully. If it's possible, I'll definitely try to organise a visit.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-47286974228743724762012-01-27T22:56:50.496+01:002012-01-27T22:56:50.496+01:00Dawne: Yes, there it is a good story - sad one'...Dawne: Yes, there it is a good story - sad one's are always the best! I found another postcard that day though with an even more interesting narrative - more information soon! <br />I love your photos by the way.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-6817056027659953332012-01-27T18:51:48.158+01:002012-01-27T18:51:48.158+01:00Adam, what a fascinating post. And the idea of an ...Adam, what a fascinating post. And the idea of an Atlas Obscura trip to the art collection storage in Ivry is mouth-watering. If only I wasn't quite so far away these days... <br />landscape loverAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-49334332952561984612012-01-26T23:49:26.629+01:002012-01-26T23:49:26.629+01:00It's really exciting that others are fascinate...It's really exciting that others are fascinated by the "city of Paris's art collection storage space in the suburb of Ivry" too.<br />One of my passions is rsearching iconoclasm through the ages (I'm writing a book called "Sculptural Assassination"), so I love hunting down traces of public sculpture that is missing or destroyed. I would be thrilled to get into thattaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06470451680339395845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-79989160828002268172012-01-25T22:48:05.350+01:002012-01-25T22:48:05.350+01:00A wonderful, fascinating post, and one that sounds...A wonderful, fascinating post, and one that sounds like the outline of a very good story for a book or screenplay. My mind was already delving into the mystery as i read, and then you tell us about the city of Paris art storage space in Ivry! Well, now I'm off to look up that building, my mind filming movies as I go...dawnehttp://frenchatheart.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-29477384933940620282012-01-25T10:07:01.843+01:002012-01-25T10:07:01.843+01:00Tim: a very good challenge! The building itself, a...Tim: a very good challenge! The <a href="http://www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/0533/ivr11_85941253va_v.jpg" rel="nofollow">building itself</a>, an old city waterworks, is already an interesting one, and I think it is possible to visit. Perhaps a destination for the next Atlas Obscura day?Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-12597853647839560842012-01-25T10:00:08.458+01:002012-01-25T10:00:08.458+01:00Christine: apologies for stealing the theme of you...Christine: apologies for stealing the theme of your blog! Please everybody, visit Christine's <a href="http://parisisinvisible.blogspot.com/2012/01/le-declin-and-fall-from-grace.html" rel="nofollow">Daily Postcard blog</a> where similar stories are regularly told. <br /><br />The name is an interesting one. The mystery that still remains for me is the story of Steiner. Why did he sculpt this Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-5342021327044790982012-01-25T09:48:16.492+01:002012-01-25T09:48:16.492+01:00Owen: an excellent 2012 to you too. Statue paintin...Owen: an excellent 2012 to you too. Statue painting is actually quite a common occurence in Paris, and more a sign that a creation is liked and adopted. I think here it was more the case that an oversized sculpture was removed because it didn't fit in with the new layout of the garden.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-27011502051945891802012-01-25T09:36:31.913+01:002012-01-25T09:36:31.913+01:00Great piece. Good link through to CPA-Bastille91 t...Great piece. Good link through to CPA-Bastille91 too. <br /><br />One for your "challenge me" file: "Dear Adam, have always wondered (well, ever since last Wednesday) what the city of Paris's art collection storage space in the suburb of Ivry is like. Any further information would be greatly appreciated. Yours sincerely, etc. etc."Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14391698533722905666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-91750003338894425712012-01-24T23:58:22.379+01:002012-01-24T23:58:22.379+01:00What a wonderful post. I think it's a very bea...What a wonderful post. I think it's a very beautiful sculpture, although I would probably prefer if it had a different name. How I would love to browse through the unused works of art owned by the City of Paris to find something nice for my back yard.Christine H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09786732494496282743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-84079826368159122672012-01-24T23:21:31.838+01:002012-01-24T23:21:31.838+01:00Great detective work Adam, we can always count on ...Great detective work Adam, we can always count on you to get to the bottom of a story... a shame that the statue fell on such crass and disrespectful times. And I'm not sure I had the chance to, but here's wishing you an excellent 2012...Owenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12622587942009516590noreply@blogger.com