Journey to the 1930s Paris Art Scene

Journey to the 1930s Paris Art Scene | Perspective

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Жыл бұрын

Could a stark white square of plaster be one of Giacometti's earliest and most daring works? The quest to discover the history of the sculpture, known as `The Gazing Head', leads the team to the bohemian world of 1930s Paris.
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@JasperJohn747 Жыл бұрын

UPDATE: After the show aired they did a restoration, removed the paint, and found Giacometti's signature. They sold it at Christie's for US$600k.

@_wesleyhome_ Жыл бұрын

That's amazing

@PRH123 Жыл бұрын

that would have been a real stimulus to, uh, "find" his signature...

@dharmaofdog7676 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the Update!

@BOSSofLA Жыл бұрын

BoO§5t’

@Isabella-nd3rq Жыл бұрын

Oh wow!! Thank you!

@catherineo2134 5 ай бұрын

I just discovered this series and was immediately drawn in and fascinated - actually, watching several episodes in succession. This is a brilliantly conceived series, which satisfies on so many levels…all exquisitely produced and presented…Bravo! Brava! to all involved.

@jpdj2715 Жыл бұрын

In the opening, Fiona Bruce says: "But for every known masterpiece, there may be another still waiting to be discovered." While true, this series though proves that: For every known masterpiece, there may be a fake waiting to be debunked."

@transmaster Жыл бұрын

This series sure illustrates the cut-throat nature of this world.

@brianjohnson8918 Жыл бұрын

We need the smoking gun. The "Oh, Giacometti, you are a wonderful lover & thank you for the plaster sculpture" letter!

@joethomas2354 Жыл бұрын

Giacometti is not "taking the medium of clay and stretching it to the absolute limit." 😂Those figures are built over a wire armature.

@marywood8794 Жыл бұрын

This isn't my "cup of tea", pun intended, because my mind just doesn't work this way. More often than not, I just don't get abstract art, particularly pieces like this. All the same, I am still interested in watching this episode because I love this show and the art mystery of each episode. Perhaps by the end I'll find that I understand this piece more than at the beginning of the episode.

@lisayee7695 Жыл бұрын

Hello, Mary, I am Lee! I appreciate your perspective very much. I am studying Art History and I am learning that no historical "item" has a single informational source. It's important to keep an open mind.

@NyanyiC 8 ай бұрын

I just don't understand those indentation either

@christinagiannaros9817 7 ай бұрын

You don't have to get it, art circles can be a bunch of pretentious waffle and at this level it's all about the money I think. I suggest having a look at Henry Moore's sculptures they are my favourite and with abstract just check in if they make you feel anything rather than 'getting them.

@marywood8794 7 ай бұрын

@@christinagiannaros9817 Thanks for the suggestion. I'll have to check them out.

@udalimb384 11 ай бұрын

I've never heard of this sculptor yet loved learning more about this brilliant artist. I love this sculpture. Simply exquisite.

@theobserver9131 Жыл бұрын

For MY next masterpiece, I'm going to mix up some concrete and sit on it. It will be called; My Arse.

@Roses-lilac Жыл бұрын

😂

@derekparker5426 Жыл бұрын

@@Roses-lilac Or you could duct tape a banana to a wall and call it art

@susiefairfield7218 Жыл бұрын

Its like he opened up his third eye and saw things from an enlightened pov

@BoingBB Жыл бұрын

Modern art is very polarising, people either love it or hate it. Personally it leaves me cold. To spend vast amounts of money on it is the same to me as those people who buy extraordinay amounts on bottles of wine that they can never drink (and would probably taste foul anyway).

@kkkanal Жыл бұрын

modern art is not polarising. many people just believe that their never challenged and undeveloped taste is something to be proud of.

@BoingBB Жыл бұрын

@@kkkanal Tell me something. If you had seen the statue which is the subject of this programme and you weren't told who made it or what it was called, would you have a clue what it was supposed to be?

@kkkanal Жыл бұрын

@@BoingBB it is not about having a clue about the exact subject of a peace of art. every peace of art is just an artist’s interpretation, version of reality. this makes it so fascinating, and not the speed of recognizing who or what is depicted. in a way, art is like the nature, which is not just about good or bad, beautiful or ugly, but about diversity of life. we are used to being fed by obvious, shallow images with the only criteria- “to feel comfortable”. this is not how the world really works. and this what modern and contemporary art have been to show for more then a century now.

@kkkanal Жыл бұрын

@@erichl1167 well, the first part of it was borrowed from David Hockney. By no means, it was a definition of anything, dear Erich.

@alix5514 Жыл бұрын

I love it. So simple, and yet so eloquent. Glad it sold for $600,000US. 😉

@jeskg720 10 ай бұрын

mass psychosis!

@jackjones8363 24 күн бұрын

For me, personally, a work of art must display incredible talent, skill and beauty, but above all else, evoke profound emotion...

@taylorross862 Жыл бұрын

Juicy one! Best wishes to the family, and what a story they’ve already gotten!

@walterulasinksi7031 Жыл бұрын

While this piece may not be an original, it is most likely a first copy piece done for the foundry for the making of sand castings for bronze. That process requires a new sand cast for every bronze, so the plaster molded piece would have been under rough conditions and since the original would have been returned to Gacometti, if their plater cast was damaged, they would have needed to repair this for the making of the new sand molds. This would mean that the repaired parts would be of a different plaster than the first casting as they would have pinned together the old and the new parts. A current sculptor that does restoration work and can comment on this is Nick Elfick.

@NhoyskieIbanez Жыл бұрын

its interesting to watch this kind of topics.. if i bump onto original gazing head sculpture or its mold i might throw it away.. 😄 i will never think or recognize that it was an art named "the gazing head" this is learning information for me.

@anthonylemkendorf3114 Жыл бұрын

His Art is an acquired taste but one worth developing 👍🏼

@NhoyskieIbanez Жыл бұрын

@@anthonylemkendorf3114 true

@melwitzfolino3941 Жыл бұрын

WOW 🤩......astonishing investigative work into Alberto’s extraordinary piece......gosh I love his work .....Giacometti is a brilliant name for a spindley whippet......❤

@CallieMasters5000 8 ай бұрын

Considering some people today don't even like this art, the buyers must have been considered totally wacko 100 years ago. Props to them for being so adventurous!

@Geopholus 7 ай бұрын

Art People from the turn of Cent. 1800s to 1900s were very enthusiastically embracing a NEW AESTHETIC, and unlike today "they" were not primarily wealthy business owners looking for investment potential. So selling a work for L20 (today $1000) was not so great an adventure, (gag) as an (exciting!) adventure for someone with a passion for artistic adventure. Might i add that anyone today may go visit an art school and buy something that's interesting by a promising young artist for between $50 and a few hundred or even a few thousand and with a little good taste and luck one may find a massively positive investment after 30 -50 years.

@markpats290 10 ай бұрын

Search "Cycladic figurine" made thousands of years ago in the Greek islands. That's most likely where he drew inspiration from. ❤

@grokeffer6226 Жыл бұрын

Interesting stuff. Good Luck to the family. 🎨

@fairamir1 Жыл бұрын

How do the y know its a head? I see a square with 2 indentations.

@dorotapogubila4427 Жыл бұрын

Granddaughter and grandma looking so similar

@letsbereal9455 2 ай бұрын

I'm not seeking it.

@JILOA Жыл бұрын

"Are you kidding me?" Who was that very famous painter who said 'why do all the work painting a great piece when these stupid people will buy a colored canvas with your name on it?' That's not a quote but it's basically what he said.

@jorris58 Жыл бұрын

Why didn't they try to compare the ingredients of the plaster to known genuine works of plaster Gazing Head?

@AliceLee-rj2ew Жыл бұрын

I do hope that there's an update on this. Love the history lessons.

@dnlgrmn7169 Жыл бұрын

It seems that after the restoration,they found his signature on it.

@annabellelee4535 Жыл бұрын

It just sold for 600 thousand US dollars.

@Norfolk250 Жыл бұрын

That's so beautiful.

@Sherryfletcher 6 ай бұрын

Just fabulous!!!!!!!❤🎉

@lupodisol Жыл бұрын

Excellent!!!!

@Whoiskevinjones Жыл бұрын

In past episodes, restorers made significant repairs to address condition issues. I was hoping Fiona and Philip would take the sculpture through an expert restoration process to remove the surface paint and address the poor plaster repairs.

@michaelweaver9040 10 ай бұрын

I very much enjoyed the program, but with 12 or more commercials, it was nearly unwatchable.

@goodiesgumdrops1164 Жыл бұрын

I Look Forward to an Update; Meanwhile I'm Buying Some Plaster!

@chloeuntrau4588 Жыл бұрын

sold after restoration for 600k US! and...plaster is cheap....

@xmj6830 Жыл бұрын

@@chloeuntrau4588 Plaster is cheap...but talent is priceless!

@jasonking6892 9 ай бұрын

This is a great Show 👍🇬🇧

@Shimco Жыл бұрын

Yes. Very inspiring. I'm going to change my name and start making art such as this.

@jameswebb4593 Жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong with your name , just remember to turn out junk , and put a high price tag on it.

@julianmetcalfe1070 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful , sturdier bases mounted on wood would help ,such a shame to be broken ,the evidence is looking very strong tho , hmmm another good one

@jodestella2746 Жыл бұрын

I believe this sculpture of gazing head is genius . It has captured the FEELING of his intention. 🎉

@Stroheim333 Жыл бұрын

Sure.

@anthonylemkendorf3114 Жыл бұрын

Well said 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

@billybussey Жыл бұрын

Are you joking or serious? I can't tell.

@marklandrith6667 Жыл бұрын

I have one very similar in my bathroom,, ❤️

@FenceThis 7 ай бұрын

you should definitely relocate it to your living room

@fredw.jensen1962 Жыл бұрын

It is quite stunning to see and understand fully: That things of great importance and meaning to some special individuals, are of absolutely no value or significance to naturally raised people. Most people in this world admire and recognizes Truth and Beauty, also the complete lack thereof.

@anthonylemkendorf3114 Жыл бұрын

I’m unspeakably natural and special in only my mother’s heart ,however-I’m a fanatic for absolutely everything this Swiss Genius created! 😘

@PaulaakaPaben Жыл бұрын

I would not pay $5.00 for that! Not something I would understand, Give me A body or something!

@billybussey Жыл бұрын

Too bad it's not even a good sculpture. I kept expecting them to swing it around and show the good sides and it never happened. Shows how the art world works. I am a Giacometti fan by the way but come on.

@mcclure440 Жыл бұрын

What happened to Dr. Barndoor? He would find out....

@squee599 3 ай бұрын

I think you mean Benedor.

@margueritemitchell1829 Жыл бұрын

Hello from British Columbia Canada 🇨🇦🖐👍♥️🌲🤴🐻🤠😂🤣🐖🕶🚐🦝🌳

@henrymach Жыл бұрын

Given how the art market works, yes it could.

@chloeuntrau4588 Жыл бұрын

restaured and sold later for 600K US....

@vivienbaker9684 Ай бұрын

I like Fiona. But her "sidekick" Philip. He just drones on and on.

@adysonmaves483 7 ай бұрын

Does anyone know the artist of the piece 9 seconds in?

@bodeaalex1142 Жыл бұрын

Did they ever got a positive and in-time answer from a French comity?

@chloeuntrau4588 Жыл бұрын

signature was found and it was sold ...

@SueFerreira75 3 ай бұрын

You have been conned!

@gabinobarrera6048 Жыл бұрын

I think you've all been drinking too much wine my five year old son can make something better than that and kindergarten class he brought me home this awesome looking handprint of his left hand not his right hand his left hand it's amazing

@lorenzopinto7948 Жыл бұрын

Bring it to Christie's...

@luannefuller668 7 ай бұрын

I say yes... Where the alter use to be is the perfect space

@markgrunzweig6377 Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry, but just taking an initial look at the sculpture, I didn't get the breakthrough to the radiance, nor did it affirm life. Maybe, it needs a much longer look for me to realize if it is truly art? I'd sure could use the money, though, lol.

@captainnathan3690 Жыл бұрын

As the proverbial “wet blanket” , like much of modern art, if this is dug up a thousand years from now not a single person will view it as anything more interesting than an odd lump. Whatever works for acolytes.

@Songbirdstress Жыл бұрын

You don't like the Easter Island statues then?

@captainnathan3690 Жыл бұрын

@@Songbirdstress Well, the Easter Island statues were created by fairly primitive people as far back (or more) as 600 A.D. , an amazing achievement. Therefore, it’s a completely irrelevant comparison to my take on modern art.

@Songbirdstress Жыл бұрын

@@captainnathan3690 They are stunningly beautiful. There are cave paintings that are as beautiful as any Michelangelo. Artistic talent has nothing to do with sophistication of techniques. Indeed sculptors today haven't changed techniques that much. This sculpture was made of plaster of Paris (gypsum) which has been used for hundreds of years (to the extent that large parts of Paris are honeycomb and your house insurance won't cover you if it falls in a hole). Lastly, the Easter Island works are TOTALLY relevant as they were incredibly influent on artists in Paris at Giacometti's time. In fact, the sculpture in the programme is very close to a flattened negative of the faces. Modern art was incredibly influenced by what are now called "The First Arts". Literally things dug up after thousands of years. Taste is one thing, and what one person likes or dislikes is personal. However, maybe educate yourself before sounding off about things you obviously have no understanding.

@captainnathan3690 Жыл бұрын

@@Songbirdstress Thank you for the unsolicited, condescending lecture on modern art but you’ve totally missed the point, dear. All of the ancient, primitive art is “amazing” (as I said) and of course it influenced the development of the arts which transitioned to the incredible achievements of Greece, Rome, Byzantine empire, Michelangelo, DaVinci, Raphael, Rembrandt, Vermeer (a particular favorite)….well, you should get the drift. The great ones influenced and inspired all of mankind to seek perfection and reach for a higher level of beauty and understanding of history. For that we can thank the artists from the primitive era who were the vanguards.. But the “modern” artist doesn’t come close to their achievements. Yes, they certainly have an important place in the world of art but in MY PERSONAL OPINION, it is work geared more to self-satisfaction and a limited following. Is it interesting? Yes. Is it influential outside of an eclectic group? No. Enjoy your preferences and I’ll enjoy mine.

@Songbirdstress Жыл бұрын

@@captainnathan3690 Giacometti not widely influential. Lol. OK. But great, you finally got the point, art is often a question of taste, hence why your first posts are rather nasty, and false factually. Maybe you should look up the meaning of "Modern" and "Primitive" in this context. You seem to be using them colloquially but it's not clear. Your beef seems more in tune with "Contemporary" art. And who knows, we might agree. Why don't you learn something and develop that embryo of sensitivity you display?

@debbiecooper1677 7 ай бұрын

You know it looks like a soap dish

@mrgadget1485 Жыл бұрын

The fact that an original copy of a sculpture made by an artist is great art and worth a fortune, but and identical copy of it, not made by the artist is rubbish, says a lot of the art world itself.

@catofthecastle1681 Жыл бұрын

No, that’s art! Lots of guitar players can play Stairway to Heaven, but only Jimmy Page could have written it, and only Led Zeppelin could have created the original!

@screetchycello Жыл бұрын

It makes more sense when you realize these are investments and stores of value for the extremely wealthy. They might also like the art, but that's not why the art is that expensive. When you get rich enough, you have the problem of not having enough places to put your money. So yes, it is snobbishness, but it's also scarcity that's prized.

@screetchycello Жыл бұрын

It's also why people steal art - it's an easily hidden thing with a LOT of value. It's great leverage in a negotiation if you get caught doing something bad.

@SebastianAugust Жыл бұрын

Do you wear Abibos shoes, use a Zamzung phone, and have every other knockoff product on the market?

@anthonylemkendorf3114 Жыл бұрын

@@catofthecastle1681 fantastic analogy 👍🏼

@pchabanowich Жыл бұрын

''Valtah? Valtah? I heah zat floot!'' - Eva Gabor... will someone please dress the Emperor?🤷

@007EnglishAcademy Жыл бұрын

There is art and there is business - sometimes these two align and sometimes (as here) we just get the Emperor's New Clothes.

@SheriLynNut 10 ай бұрын

The Emperor’s New Clothes was exactly my thought as well!

@francismarcoux8944 Жыл бұрын

It looks like the tepe of turkie

@georgegonzalez2476 Жыл бұрын

My son did a clay sculpture in art class. It looks a whole lot better than that chunk of plaster. Where do we pick up the $100 million check?

@chloeuntrau4588 Жыл бұрын

600K US....

@eljanrimsa5843 7 ай бұрын

Ask Christie's

@steveharmon6440 Жыл бұрын

I'd rather have the column it sat on than the sculpture itself - at least it's decorative - Michealangelo would cringe!!. This is where the art world falls apart when it promotes absolute garbage of no skill or talent as art. As an artist this disgusts me... wait to see the crap that got sold for 140 million! People have lost their minds!

@lr937 Жыл бұрын

Humans… and their obsession to collect things … aint that fascinating?

@randolphfriend8260 Жыл бұрын

💙

@daveg686 Жыл бұрын

👍

@SandraNelson063 Жыл бұрын

I agree with the cat. Doesn't do a thing for me.

@antevrankovic4539 Жыл бұрын

It is not art, it is a quip. "Originality" no matter the cost. "Fools gold".

@reverendbarker650 7 ай бұрын

No sculpture should be worth 100 million. I like Giacometti, but there are limits as to what his works should fetch, its not being bought for love of its looks but as an investment.

@gabrialcanada6764 Жыл бұрын

It should not be worth five pounds. Its absolutely rubbish. Greatest sculptor? And you people insult millenials?

@lorenzopinto7948 Жыл бұрын

Born 1901... He was a sort of millennial of his times.

@gabrialcanada6764 Жыл бұрын

@Lorenzo Pinto the fin de sicle were more a lost generation than we were.

@lorenzopinto7948 Жыл бұрын

@@gabrialcanada6764 Man: the Web. Your generation has experimented an unthinkable revolution.

@lr937 Жыл бұрын

If u trow that so called sculpture in the garbage and nobody cares to pick it up… then that is what it is… garbage… lets be honest… with enough marketing any worthless thing can be worth millions

@anthonylemkendorf3114 Жыл бұрын

If you find something as wonderful as a Giacometti in a trash can- don’t rely on your taste-just give me a call and I’ll fly to wherever you are in the world to take it off your hands 👍🏼😘

@scienceoffreedom Жыл бұрын

Its not about the art, its about the artist, making art a con.

@hdub8093 Жыл бұрын

Let this be a lesson to all: don't let your pets near pieces of art.. and get the artist to sign the piece for f sake! doesn't take that much of an effort

@chloeuntrau4588 Жыл бұрын

It was signed....Paint covered it...

@steveharmon6440 Жыл бұрын

"What is it..." Says it all. Abstract has become another word for rubbish. It is the ultimate art-dealer scam to sell nonsense.

@w.urlitzer1869 Жыл бұрын

SOLD FOR 500,000 pounds, Stop the lies.

@JoyceHariyono Жыл бұрын

Money laundry perhaps?????

@annabellelee4535 Жыл бұрын

@@JoyceHariyono No, sold at Christie's.

@Tuhun-1 Жыл бұрын

To me this little thing is useless. Today we have the best artist 🎨 make them proud 👏 but don't make him proud when he dies.

@gomynghephongthuysinhkhi34 Жыл бұрын

🇻🇳 hello

@pectenmaximus231 8 ай бұрын

A shame that Perspective picked out such a pisspoor clickbait title

@JoyceHariyono Жыл бұрын

Beauty is certainly in the eye of the beholder. There is something wrong with our art world. Mind you, I love the realistic old masters and have visited so many museum in my life. But for the life of me I can't understand those modern art forms at all ! I always felt it was work of untalented people who just gave up since the old masters have perfected their arts? Paying absolute ridicules monies on things you can make yourself and can't take when you die....BUT again that is just my opinion. I am however very lucky living in Bali where my eyes are overwhelmed by absolutely breathtaking art works, sculptures, carvings, paintings everywhere, everyday that surpasses any modern art work, no matter how much history and story attached to it. You'll be hard pressed to find anything over 10 thousand US dollars unless it's made in a very large form. They don't get acclaimed ? paid thousand of dollars or even have them in museum. There is something very wrong with our art world today.

@joannejulien1907 Жыл бұрын

I don’t get it. I mean it’s ugly 🤷‍♀️

@jeskg720 10 ай бұрын

its a fake!

@francismarcoux8944 Жыл бұрын

I could do that i dont understand why these are so prais3d

@henna696 7 ай бұрын

Fiona is now becoming over-facelifted. Too much?

@castlebrookbooks1037 Жыл бұрын

Looks more like a pitcher with a handle. I do not see the artistic merit of this piece.

@PRH123 Жыл бұрын

It is indeed a genuine, bona fide, true POS... :)

@Nic00016 Жыл бұрын

The pretentious way everybody speaks in this show is irritating.

@onewhoknows5969 11 ай бұрын

OMG it cant actually just be about the artist. It actually has to be good. This is a complete joke. There is NOTHING and I mean absolutely NOTHING interesting about this sculpture. Waste of time.

@BlackKettleRanch Жыл бұрын

No. I don't care who made it. It cannot be worth over 100 million. Can anyone name a female artist whose work is worth over 100 million?

@eljanrimsa5843 7 ай бұрын

Beyoncé?

@breakthroughmadeinusa9184 6 ай бұрын

Hideous. IMHO not worthy to be in a museum, garage maybe.

@jamesanonymous2343 8 ай бұрын

ANYONE THAT CONNECTS GIACO TO MORE THAN A 100 BUCKS IS NUTS !!!!!!!

@justbecauseOK 7 ай бұрын

Giacometti is over rated

@NyanyiC 8 ай бұрын

This is ridiculous - much ado about nothing 🙄

@WJACOTT 8 ай бұрын

Cry me a river, but Giaco was and is so overrated as a sculptor..

@rachelkristine4669 7 ай бұрын

That is one HIDIOUS sculpture! 😂

@jlasf Жыл бұрын

This is the most disappointing episode of this series. We learn nothing more about the provenance and end up with no resolution. The other episodes have been more engaging. Maybe stick to works on paper or canvas.