Pompidou Reflections

Walking through the Airs de Paris exhibit, I expected to see an ode to the city and its beauty. I thought the work would revolve around Paris’s magic and charm. I was intrigued to see so many pieces that instead considered the effects of industrialization and urbanization on Parisian society, resulting in culture shock and a changing sense of time and space. A new spin on the effects of Paris on art and society other than an exploration of its splendor and loveliness, but an effective stimulus for consideration of the city as a changing entity that has negative as well as positive implications.