Destinations Magazine

Art Deco and Its Queen (Tamara De Lempicka) at the Pinacotheque

By Johntalbott

Apr 2013 132
Two shows at the Pinacotheque of Paris are musts if you are a devotee of art deco.  The first, a survey of objects created during the period has dazzling moments but the second of works by its "queen" Tamara de Lempicka is shocking in its hyper-realism and pristinism if there is such a word.  Never have bodies, especially breasts, been rendered so unreal.


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