Henri Gaudier Brzeska Exhibition in Paris

Aug 4th, 2009 by apartmentblogger

Once again, The Pompidou Centre in the Beaubourg district of Paris gives us a chance to rediscover an artist whose work and personality have influenced many generations.

From June 24th until September 14th, you’ll be able to immerse yourself in this unique exhibition and (re)discover a major artist of the beginning of the XXth century: Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. Born near Orléans in 1891, Henri Gaudier decides to go to England to try and become an artist. Along with him goes a Polish writer by the name of Sophie Brzeska.

Although he never received any artistic training, Gaudier-Brzeska fell in with the Vorticism movement of Ezra Pound and Wyndham Lewis, becoming a founding member of the London Group. This movement is considered to be the only significant British movement of the early 20th century but lasted fewer than three years. Often referred to as the English version of futurism, its real goal was to capture movement in an image. Admirer of Rodin, he became a supporter of direct carving which involves sculpting marble or stone directly through his contacts with Jacob Epstein and Constantin Brancusi.

He was enrolled in the French army in World War I and was killed at the age of 23 after fighting bravely.

The Centre Pompidou offers this summer a wonderful exhibition in cooperation with the Museum of Fine Arts in Orleans where some of the masterpieces of the artist are kept. You’ll get to see many sculptures but also drawings made by Gaudier Brzeska.

You’ll love this trip to the past at a time when art was constantly changing and the avant-garde scene was trying to change mentalities. This young man has contributed to our artistic heritage in only 4 years of practice.

Come to the Beaubourg district and enjoy one the most fascinating exhibitions of this summer:  Henri Gaudier Brzeska. Rent apartments in Paris, you’ll be surprised at just how affordable it can be.

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Fetish clubs in Berlin

Aug 6th, 2009 by apartmentblogger

Fetish clubs are an emerging phenomenon in Berlin and are getting very popular among people of 30 years of age and above. People there are tired of going to clubs just to dance and get drunk. In the German city of Berlin the fetish clubs are very popular.

A fetish club is a club orientated to the obtaining of certain sexual pleasures. Normally, the club has several rooms. It has a dance floor like in any other club, a rest room for having a drink and to chat and talk with people and a room to have sex which is the most interesting one. This room is oriented towards several different sexual tendencies. People often misinterpret the sadomasochist trend, confusing it and thinking that in these places a few strange people feel pleasure through physical pain. But this is quite wrong. If we study this compound word we will see that it comes from two philosophers: Leopold von Sacher-Masoch and the Marquis de Sade.

Masoch was an Austrian philosopher who wrote several books and articles relating to sexual pleasures. His philosophy involves many issues and tendencies, but to summarize in a few words we will say that that the person who is a masochist is the one who likes physical pain inflicted on his person. This in the sadomasochistic world is known as a “submissive person”. How can a person feel pleasure through physical pain? For the experts it consists on dominating the torturer through this pain.

Sade was a French philosopher who spent most of his life imprisoned for his libertine and sexual life and for his controversial writings. The most controversial are those against the Catholic religion and the Government. The essence of his philosophy is to obtain sexual pleasure causing physical pain to others. In the sadomasochistic terminology this is known as the dominant person. A sadist is someone who also knows the human nature and knows how to turn pain into pleasure. Therefore we have the dominant master or mistress who is in charge of inflicting pain on others and we have the submissive one or slave that receives the punishment or pain. Both seek sexual pleasure along with their intellectual, moral and sexual capacity development.

In these Berlin fetish clubs there are all kinds of people: people who want to have some fun, sex addicts and curious people who just want to be part of the club. Usually there are security personnel that ensure that no one bothers them. There must be assent on both parts for any type of sexual game. Respect is the fundamental principle of these clubs.

If you are curious about these topics and want to try a fetish club in Berlin, why not rent apartments in Berlin. Other major cities where there are many of these clubs are Barcelona and London.