The In-Sect - article - art - web - Melancholy Art on Exhibit in Paris

“Melancholy is not only negative,” curator Gerard Regnier said in an interview. “On the contrary, it was a positive energy that gave strength and genius to great artists throughout Western civilization.” Among them: Picasso, Rodin, van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Edward Hopper, Goya, Delacroix, William Blake. Nearly 300 works are on display, including masterpieces on rare loan from dozens of museums and collectors. “The goal is to show the public the complexity and variety and positiveness of melancholy,” said Regnier. I was convinced instantly when seeing this image. I think I am not as bald, not as fat, but this naked man is exactly my melancholy-alter ego: “Tango in Paris” without the tango. Link