It is a recent fashion in every Parisian museum to bring contemporary works next to classical art. At Musée Cognacq-Jay, the two periods are forced into unnatural marriages, frame pressed against frame. I am not sure that this discreet painting by Chardin (1735) benefits from such closeness with Jean-Louis Bloch-Lainé’s Pudding (1980).

Published December 13, 2014 at 640 × 640 in It is a recent fashion in every Parisian museum to bring contemporary works next to classical art. At Musée Cognacq-Jay, the two periods are forced into unnatural marriages, frame pressed against frame. I am not sure that this discreet painting by Chardin (1735) benefits from such closeness with Jean-Louis Bloch-Lainé’s Pudding (1980).

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