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MORE FROM PARIS
October 26, 2011 5:56 am 1 Comment
Before be left Paris we had to do one more piece on own boy Tristan Bowen and still had a chance to go out and see a Little more of Paris, there is never enough time, but there is always another day.

Tristan Bowen a young talented soccer player from the USA team was a pleasure to tattoo and was very happy with the end results. Another good friend who we never got the chance to show is Sumeet from london who tattooed on our previous stay in London he also got a master piece inspire by the great legend Shige.

He was a soldier over 20 hours of work and he never said a thing. You are the man Summet. See you on our next trip to London.

Now a few more images from paris for you to enjoy.

Suffering

Anger

Pride

Sin

Strenght

Punishment

Throne

And once the night ends the smiles turns into frowns and then into smiles again for we will be back.

and now on to catch the train.

A special thank you to Steve for being a loyal customer.

Thats all for now peeps till the next adventure.

yours always

Jose Lopez
BON APPETITE
October 23, 2011 4:01 pm 1 Comment
After 5 hours of drulling over some of the best master pieces in the world we had to go and find a nice place to eat. On our way there we ran in to the familiar Fountain of saint Michael.

It was our dessert without even having dinner yet. Dayyyam we are lucky.

We been Celebrating Miguels birthday all week so we went out looking for some he has been wanting to try Escargot which for all you who don’t know is a dish of cooked land snails, usually served as an appetizer in France and in French restaurants. Miguel was dying to try some.

I was also down for some, I also try a Greek specialty pork loin slowly cooked over coals.

I cant explain in words how amazing this is, all I can say is that you need to stop dreaming and get your self over here pronto. After a good dinner and some good wine Our boy Chino picked us up to go cruzin all over pariz in his 64 Impala super sport.

Cruzin up and down Champs Elysees stoping only to refuel straight doing it Lowrider Tattoo Style.

Its so hard to break a habit, love them and leave them, and man oh man the sweet sound of soulful jams.

Thanks to the homie Homie Chino for always taking care of us. Thank you, As for the Homies back home I will always have your back as long as you have my front, lol.

And at the end we stop one more time just to admire of one of the wonders of the world.

Chino knew the perfect spot, is just to bad i didn’t have my family with me. And by the look in Miguel’s face he felt the same about his.

So now I leave you with a reminder,” the world is just a few hours away”, don’t Miss it.

your friend and artist

Jose Lopez
MUSEE DU LOUVRE
3:22 pm Leave a Comment
The museum opened on 10 August 1793 with an exhibition of 537 paintings, the majority of the works being royal and confiscated church property. Because of structural problems with the building, the museum was closed in 1796 until 1801. The size of the collection increased under Napoleonand the museum was renamed the Musée Napoléon. After the defeat of Napoléon at Waterloo, many works seized by his armies were returned to their original owners. The collection was further increased during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, and during the Second French Empire the museum gained 20,000 pieces. Holdings have grown steadily through donations and gifts since the Third Republic. As of 2008, the collection is divided among eight curatorial departments: Egyptian Antiquities; Near Eastern Antiquities; Greek, Etruscan, and Roman Antiquities; Islamic Art; Sculpture; Decorative Arts; Paintings; Prints and Drawings.

The sculpture department comprises work created before 1850 that does not belong in the Etruscan, Greek, and Roman department.^[57] The Louvre has been a repository of sculpted material since its time as a palace; however, only ancient architecture was displayed until 1824, except for Michelangelo‘s Dying Slave andRebellious Slave.^[58] Initially the collection included only 100 pieces, the rest of the royal sculpture collection being at Versailles. It remained small until 1847, when Léon Laborde was given control of the department. Laborde developed the medieval section and purchased the first such statues and sculptures in the collection, King Childebert and stanga door, respectively.^[58] The collection was part of the Department of Antiquities but was given autonomy in 1871 under Louis Courajod, a director who organized a wider representation of French works.^[57]^[58] In 1986, all post-1850 works were relocated to the new Musée d’Orsay. The Grand Louvre project separated the department into two exhibition spaces; the French collection is displayed in the Richelieu wing, and foreign works in the Denon wing.^[57]

The collection’s overview of French sculpture contains Romanesque works such as the 11th century Daniel in the Lions’ Den and the 12th century Virgin of Auvergne. In the 16th century, Renaissance influence caused French sculpture to become more restrained, as seen in Jean Goujon‘s bas-reliefs, andGermain Pilon‘s Descent from the Cross and Resurrection of Christ. The 17th and 18th centuries are represented by Étienne Maurice Falconet‘s Woman Bathing and Amour menaçant and François Anguier‘s obelisks. Neoclassical works includes Antonio Canova‘s Psyche Revived by Cupid’s Kiss (1787).

It has been an awesome time so far work is paused for a couple of days so we are trying to enjoy Paris as much as we can. We can say we are lucky to have the privilege to be in such a grand part of the world.

Oh I almost forgot a symbol of our legacy.
MAN OH MAN
October 20, 2011 8:52 am Leave a Comment
“Man, oh man, in the middle of France, Though odds were against us, I still took a chance. A chance in a life time was with us that night, I found you at last, with love at first sight.”