The year is 1923. It is located at 27 rue Fleurieu. A deceptively modest house in Paris. You almost walk by it, not realizing there’s an important conversation left just beyond the threshold. However, as you approach the front door, voices seep through the cracks in the window panes and are quietly audible. you know something is going on something wonderful.
27 rue de Fleurus was the home of American poets gertrude stein and her partner Alice B. Toklas.The house was also Stein’s place notorious salon Over 30 years. The greatest artists, poets and writers of the time, including Pablo Picasso, Ernest Hemingway, Henri Matisse, F. Scott Fitzgerald and James Joyce, filled 27 rue Fleurus every night.
But 100 years later, Salon art is dead and buried. 20th century, the salon is no longer the main gathering place for artists, and in the present day of the 21st century, the existence of the salon in Paris has almost completely disappeared from cultural memory. They confessed that they had no idea what I meant when I said It’s time to revive the gathering place of culture, art and literature. It’s time to revive the salon.
The move of art from private collections to public museums contributed to the decline of the Salon. Art became more widely accessible to the general public, depriving the private his salon of its primary purpose of collecting and exhibiting art. Of course, the publication of this art is a positive social change.All art should be accessible to everyone, and many of the reasons for its invention are independence salon was to exhibit bombastic modernist works of art Royal French Academy of Fine Arts was denied.
As museums embraced modernist art, private collections dwindled, and so did salons. While this transition made art, especially modernist art, more accessible, the salon was a destructive environment that gave a voice to those oppressed by the dominant culture. women, often lesbians, Although it operated many independent salons, many famous modernist artists and writers, such as Picasso and Joyce, may not have seen the light of day without their salons.
But the subversive salon itself was still very exclusive. It was missing. Ever since the Salon is gone, conversations about art, literature, and philosophy have taken place online. With the advent of the Internet, globalization has progressed and the diversity of thought and art has increased. However, salons should not be a relic of the past.
Globalization and diversity of ideas are very important, but the Internet’s pervasiveness can obscure important connections with local communities. Reviving the face-to-face salon environment will allow local artists to discuss specific artistic concerns within their personal communities. Needless to say, after years of socializing online as a result of the global pandemic, we have all been able to capitalize on the experience of having meaningful face-to-face discussions with others. It is the perfect environment to nurture your artistic and literary mind, develop your communication skills, and appreciate fine art.
Of course, the necessary changes must be made from the early 20th-century Parisian salons. Our modern salon remains a place to showcase and discuss subversive art and art not yet accepted in museums, but unlike the salons of the past, there is no elitism or exclusivity. The modern salon at ‘Mimics the diversity of thought that the internet can enable, but in a face-to-face environment.
Finally, my strongest argument in favor of the salon revival is the atmosphere. Imagine sitting in your hostess’s quaint Pittsburgh living room. The sun has set and the room is dim, lit only by quiet lamps and crackling fireplaces. Surrounded by upholstered furniture and new generation art. Great young minds fly around you, whispering about the merits of 21st century art, literature, and philosophy. It is aesthetic nirvana. And the most influential interdisciplinary cultural revolution of our time.
It’s time for the salon to revive. As always, my email is at the bottom of the page if anyone would be happy to host their first salon de her Anna and own such a beautiful living her room. We are looking forward to seeing you all at the salon. Come prepared to discuss art, literature, philosophy and life. Snacks are provided, but it’s clearly BYOB. Live the revolutionary culture.
Anna Fischer writes about women’s empowerment, literature and the arts. She’s really into bagels.she writes her a letter [email protected].
