CAFE DE FLORE an Homage
Curated by 2 ART ANGELS at the GALERIE ANNE & JUST JAECKIN in PARIS
The famous Parisian landmark, Cafe de Flore, has been marked by art since its beginning in 1887. Located in one of the most known areas of Paris, St Germain. The Rive Gauche has always been a centre for the arts with Cafe de Flore at its heart. Being the meeting point of the intelligentsia, the writers of literature and of course the artists. The tables of this beautiful cafe have seen the birth of many an art movement such as Dadaism, Surrealism, and Existentialism. Making Cafe de Flore a symbol of culture and creativity in Paris.
Café de Flore became the center of contemporary and modern creativity inspiring mythic writers, painters, fashion designers, singers, and photographers. Picasso, Giacometti, Duras, Juliette Gréco, Vian, Doisneau, Cartier-Bresson, Sieff, Montand, Polanski, Bardot, Gainsbourg, Sagan, Saint-Laurent, Givenchy, Rochas, Noureev, Béjart and photographers Brassaï, Helmut Newton, Richard Avedon, Peter Lindbergh, Paolo Roversi, Mario Testino, Annie Leibovitz…. At CAFE DE FLORE, these artists found inspiration.
Today the Café de Flore continues to inspire and support the arts in an unprecedented collaboration with 2 Art Angels. Café de Flore has opened their doors again allowing thirty contemporary photographers curated by 2 Art Angels, to be part of its rich history.
To pay tribute to this institution, 2ArtAngels presents a retrospective exhibition of black and white photographs of the Café de Flore from 1900 to the present. This exhibition is organized in two parts. Firstly historical photographs and also the contemporary photographs specially made by the thirty renowned artists carefully selected for this occasion, highlighting Cafe de Flore.
19 Rue Guénégaud, 75006 Paris
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