The art galleries on rue de Seine in Paris are a feast for the eyes
and the senses !
Color, texture, dimension vary with the artist exhibiting...
In December, Galarie Deprez-Bellorget's window caught my eye..
(15 rue de Seine, Paris 75006)
one could not miss the magnificent color of the sculpture by Rafael Barrios.
And even more...it jumped from the window as if I was wearing 3D glasses at the movie...
almost floating.
Rafael Barrios was born in 1947 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to Venezuelan parents.
By age 11, his yard became his studio...where he built mobiles.
As an athlete in school, he remembers the sensation of the wind..
and carried this movement into his works....
always striving for his works "to move" the viewer...
giving us a unique visual experience.
Barrios's YouTube video speaks volumes...
his sculptures..
what drives him...
how sexuality adds to his creative process.
Be prepared to be moved!
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