An expansive exhibit in Paris explores the arts from the Belle Èpoque to the Roaring ’20s, showcasing various mediums and their influence on the city's culture. The exhibit highlights the role of fashion as a symbol and catalyst for change.
Opened Tuesday and set to run through April 14, the expansive exhibit explores the two decades from the Belle Èpoque to the Roaring ’20s, bifurcated by World War I. It touches on all mediums offrom fashion to photography, painting to first forays into filmmaking, architecture and furniture design interspersed with a sobering dose of realism placing the works in the context of conflict.
From the early days of Pablo Picasso in his Montmartre digs, before he relocated to Montparnasse as the artistic heart of the city moved south, the exhibit explores the painterly “gangs” of Paris who influenced the city’s culture early in the century.The salons they hosted pushed the boundaries of modernity, showing independent artists — as opposed to the government sanctioned ones — and accepted women. Controversial Cubists found a home here, laying the foundation for the modern While the exhibit is designed as an overview of all arts in Paris, fashion in many ways sits at the center as it was both a symbol and catalyst for chang
Paris Exhibit Arts Belle Èpoque Roaring ’20S Fashion Photography Painting Filmmaking Architecture Furniture Design Conflict Picasso Montmartre Montparnasse Culture Salons Modernity Independent Artists Women Cubists