Starting Oct. the 4th: SPHINX SKINS by Geoffrey Lillemon
maandag 26 juli 2010 14:34
SPHINX SKINS
A series of feline fashion portraits featuring 15-year old twins Terry and Lilly among mechanical cats installations. SPHINX SKINS brings together for the first time the unique mind of Europe's leading cat photographer Geoffrey Lillemon, with the creations of haute cat couturier Sofie Zwerver.
A flowing tea and bubbles party among the sumptuous interiors of an old Amsterdam mansion in the heart of the city plays host to the exhibition starting: october the 4th.
Fini's cats mid-June in The CatCabinet
maandag 17 mei 2010 16:01
The CatCabinet has recently acquired a new work of art: a portret by Leonor Fini (1908-1996) of her own cats. Fini was fond of her cats and was therefore very much attached to this painting: it was placed in her bedroom during her life. In honour of the new acquirement an exhibition has been recently opened in The CatCabinet.
LEONOR FINI
Leonor Fini (1907-1996) was an illustrious person in the French and international art world. She spent her childhood in the intellectual salons of Trieste, which was in those days an international cultural metropole where people of great renown like James Joyce and Italo Svevo found inspiration. In her teenage years Fini moved to Paris where she soon mingled with the artistic community.
Among her friends: Picasso, Max Ernst and Henri Bresson Cartier. With Bresson Cartier she made a trip by motorcar around the world, in the thirties .
Fini lived together with the Italian diplomat and artist Stanislao Lepri –like Fini difficult to classify as regards his style- and the Polish literator Constantin Jelenski. Besides these two partners, Fini had many Persian cats.
Although she never considered herself a Surrealist, she nevertheless has participated in almost every major Surrealism exhibition. Nature, mythology and the ephemeral aspects of life are her favourite themes. Cats and felines play a prominent role. Her work consists mainly of paintings and drawings, but she also made stage scenes and sculpture.
In the shop of the CatCabinet you can buy some lovely litho’s by Fini. However, they do not come cheap.
