Rendez-vous à Paris

Art Nouveau was an artistic movement during the turn of the 20^th century.  You can see signs of this particular design throughout Paris, especially on some Metro signs.  But the new exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay emphasizes the rebirth of Art Nouveau from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Its revival was in part thanks to homage by the Surrealists and two major exhibitions on Art Nouveau in New York (Art Nouveau: Art and Design at the Turn of the Century, MoMA, 1959) and in Paris (Les Sources du XXe siècle. Les arts en Europe de 1884 à 1914, Musée national d’art moderne, 1960).

Anything and everything Art Nouveau was à la mode, from design and architecture to psychedelic graphic art.  In 1966 the first psychedelic concert posters used Art Nouveau graphic designs.  I like the Grateful Dead and The Doors posters.

Art Nouveau Revival is an exhibition full of surprises.  If you love pop art like me, then you will find the influence Art Nouveau had on advertising and fashion fascinating.

Art Nouveau Revival

Musée d’Orsay, 1, rue de la Légion d’Honneur 75007

From now until 4 February 2010

www.musee-orsay.fr