Busy day today, we had a guided tour through the quarry where Cezanne liked to paint, visited Fondation Vasarely and went to Pavilion Noir to see Akram Khan.
Bibémus quarry
This lovely, warm orange-brown iron oxide colour was what they liked for the buildings in Aix, so they quarried stone here until the mid 19th century. When it was closed Cezanne had himself taken up here on a horse-drawn cart to paint.
Cezanne
The original over 100 years later
Cezanne
Original
Fondation Vasarely
Each picture is the full height of the building – a group of hexagons like a honeycomb. Slightly different style to Cezanne.
Akram Khan – Chotto Desh
