By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR A piece of Connecticut culture was hanging in Paris in December. Southington artist, and noted surrealist, Clinton Deckert had the opportunity to hang one of his pieces, “Beneath the Milieu” at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris at the Delegation Officielle des États-Unis D’Amerique, Salon 2013, Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts. Deckert’s piece was selected for the international event after the SNBA (Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts) chose “Beneath the Milieu” from 10 of his other recent works. “Having work in Carrousel du Louvre was a fantastic feeling since my work was sharing walls with other artists from around the world such as Brazil, China, Canada, South Korea, Spain, Hungary, Japan, Turkey, and Switzerland and the crowds were huge,” said Deckert via email. “Some purists will point out the difference between the Carrousel du Louvre and The Louvre,” explained Deckert. “Basically, The Louvre collection spans 9,000 years but stops in the mid 1800s, so by default it is only exhibiting dead artists, and the Carrousel du Louvre is a contemporary high-end market that has an exhibition hall that features events including living artists. The bottom section of the famous glass Pyramide du Louvre (Louvre Pyramid), [...]
By MIKE CHAIKEN EDITIONS EDITOR A piece of Connecticut culture was hanging in Paris in December. Southington artist, and noted surrealist, Clinton Deckert had the opportunity to hang one of his pieces, “Beneath the Milieu” at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris at the Delegation Officielle des États-Unis D’Amerique, Salon 2013, Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts. Deckert’s piece was selected for the international event after the SNBA (Societe Nationale des Beaux Arts) chose “Beneath the Milieu” from 10 of his other recent works. “Having work in Carrousel du Louvre was a fantastic feeling since my work was sharing walls with other artists from around the world such as Brazil, China, Canada, South Korea, Spain, Hungary, Japan, Turkey, and Switzerland and the crowds were huge,” said Deckert via email. “Some purists will point out the difference between the Carrousel du Louvre and The Louvre,” explained Deckert. “Basically, The Louvre collection spans 9,000 years but stops in the mid 1800s, so by default it is only exhibiting dead artists, and the Carrousel du Louvre is a contemporary high-end market that has an exhibition hall that features events including living artists. The bottom section of the famous glass Pyramide du Louvre (Louvre Pyramid), [...]