A little while ago I posted about an upcoming exhibit at La Masion Rouge in Paris. Well, the exhibit is up and running now and Radio France did a really great article on it. Rather than summarize it, I thought I would copy it below for you to read here. To see the rest of the images in the article and to hear an English radio report on the exhibit, you need to go to the source.
Slap! Pow! Bam! … VRAOUM!
by Laura Angela Bagnetto
Slap! Pow! Bam! Anyone who’s read those words knows they come from the world of the comic strip, beloved by children and adults alike for over 100 years. At La Maison Rouge in Paris, the Vraoum! exhibition celebrates the world of comics in its original form alongside contemporary art that has been influenced by the funny papers.
“Vraoum! [that's how the French spell Vroom!] is a touch of craziness, and it’s also extremely energetic,” says David Rosenberg, one of the curators of the exhibit. ”It’s the sense that you get into something, and vraoum! you leave, you go very fast, like…
To read the entire story, go to the Tintin Examiner page.
