Samson Tires: A Sargonide Palace in central Los Angeles
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Tuesday, March 30, 2010 at 3/30/2010 01:07:00 PM.
Where else would you find a 1930s replica of a Persian palace than in crazy L.A.? The Samson Tire company wanted to have something dashing in design for their new tire plant and rubber company (the name Samson was chosen because it symbolizes strength and endurance...).Adolph Schleicher, president of the company, wanted to include a Samson and Delilah motif on the main building, therefore ordered the architects Morgan, Walls and Clements to design the front wall in the style of King Sargon II's palace, a 7th Century B.C. ancient Assyrian palace complete with pillars, towers and stone bas-reliefs depicting mythological figures.
Coincidentally, Babylonian king Sargon's palace covered 23-acres and Schleicher's plant covered the same amount of land. The grand opening ceremony was held in 1930. After the closing of the tire company the building got converted into an outlet shopping mall. Now you can shop in style ...
Labels: Architecture Instant Love, Architecture shot, things that can happen if you stare directly into the sun
Odd man out...
Labels: Art, photography, pompidou
Blue Moo
Yellow Moo
Spooky lady
She does fit in well
Gnoma & Snamap, your local shop for everything guérisseur-magnétiseur-like
Looks like major spring cleaning
Yellow Moo
Spooky lady
She does fit in well
Gnoma & Snamap, your local shop for everything guérisseur-magnétiseur-like
Looks like major spring cleaning
Labels: Paris street stuff (NOT a TOILET), photography, street art, urban art
And they usually say "eat like god in France", but rarely would one wonder why on earth (or where on earth for that matter) he would keep his oversized calendar of events on the piazza of Beaubourg...
Too bad the rain has washed the entries away, let's hope god has a good memory...
Labels: Paris street stuff (NOT a TOILET), photography, pompidou
The ghosts of capitalism past
The spirit of the red people
The spirit of the red people
Labels: Paris street stuff (NOT a TOILET), street art, urban art
How on Earth did he get up there?
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on at 3/30/2010 12:26:00 AM.
'I can has window view'
Labels: Paris street stuff (NOT a TOILET), photography, street art
Old Kitty Friends at the State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Monday, March 29, 2010 at 3/29/2010 06:59:00 PM.
Look familiar to you? The kitties are back, and this time they are part of an exhibition at the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, where every year in March, Mikhail Piotrovsky, the director of the museum organizes 'March Cat Day' in order to celebrate the museum's legendary cats, that make sure no mice infest the vast collections.The exhibition is being held in the attic spaces above the state rooms inside the magnificient Winter Palace.
A recent friend of mine in Saint Petersburg suggested I send in some photos of cats, and voilà: a few days later Lilo and Stitch, the former 'Sunset-Park Kitties' (now known as the 'Forrest-Hills Kitties') hang printed and framed among other furry friends. It is an honor for me to have been a part of this fun event in such a historic place.
Lilo and Stich are a Scott & Will trademark.All photos of the exibition are copyright to Vyacheslav Alferov.
And many thanks to Elena.
Labels: exhibitions, lolz, MUSEUMS, photography, vernissages
The Louvre Decorative Arts Section: Opening soon?
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Sunday, March 28, 2010 at 3/28/2010 06:08:00 PM.
While the wing containing decorative arts and furniture from the 18th century is undergoing extensive renovation and restructuration, only a few chosen pieces are on display until the rooms open up again at the end of 2012. Enjoy!
Labels: Art, Interiors, Louvre, photography
Galerie Vivienne is going green grass for Easter, a welcome touch of nature in an area where people don't really walk on fresh soil all day long.
Labels: Architecture shot, gardens, Interiors, photography, shopping
What to Wear in Paris
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 3/25/2010 11:33:00 PM.
One of these 2 is overdressed...can you guess which one? But then again, at Art Paris you can never be overdressed, because most of the contemporary sculpture there is butt-naked anyway. Spotted at the Grand Palais.
Ah, yes, the return of the matching jungle outfit. All she needs is a helmet now. Spotted on the Pompidou piazza.
It's cute, it's small, it's fuzzy... it's a hip granny! Spotted behind musée Carnavalet
You go girl!
Labels: FASHION, Paris street stuff (NOT a TOILET), photography, WEAR IN PARIS
Meet the New Ceiling at the Louvre
0 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on at 3/25/2010 09:36:00 PM.
The new ceiling artwork installed in the Salle des Bronzes of the Louvre finally opened up o the public today. The result is amazingly simple in concept, and yet very inspiring in the color tones, that really set off the once dull gray ceiling of this monumental room.
One also becomes aware of the full size of the room after watching the photo diaporama on the evolution of Cy Twombly's latest brainchild. Who will be next to exercise his artistic talents inside the hollowed halls of the Louvre?
Labels: Art, Interiors, Louvre, MUSEUMS, painting, photography
