Lucian Freud L'Atelier Exhibit at the Centre Pompidou

Yesterday I walked from our apartment to the Centre Pompidou, France's national museum of modern art. This very contemporary structure located in the heart of the Marais, one of the oldest parts of Paris, takes up an entire city block including its outdoor amphitheater. I generally don't care for the exhibits presented there because they're usually be bit too abstract for my tastes but the Lucian Freud L'Atelier was one that I thoroughly enjoyed. All of the paintings were done inside or outside in the garden of his London studio. Many of these were nudes, lots were self-portraits, but not in the sensual classical sense of nudes. He actually preferred to use the word "naked" to describe his nudes which is understandable considering his intent. These paintings show more the wear of time on the body and his use of paints to illustrate skin tones is really amazing. At the end of the exhibit was a film of his workshop with some still photos of the space in a small attached room. These too were interesting since the studio was already familiar because the paintings reveals its walls and props. Check out the exhibit at the Pompidou's website http://www.centrepompidou.fr/Pompidou/Manifs.nsf/AllExpositions/57C293CB2BD5E0CFC12576E3003A4771?OpenDocument&sessionM=2.2.1&L=1