Day 17 - Matisse and Contemporary Art

I was told that there would be days like this. France is very protective of workers, a maximum 35 hour work week by law and seems to have major strikes every couple of months. I think it was the post office on strike on Tuesday, trains Wednesday and Thursday, schools at some time and it seems when one area of the public sector goes on strike, they all go on strike in some form of demented solidarity. Anyhow this means that for the past couple of days I've been planning to go out to Cannes but thwarted by train strikes. Could take the bus but ads an extra hour each way.

So today I went to the Musee of Contemporary Art in Nice. Specialises in works mostly from the 1960s onwards. They had a general selection of Warhol, Lickenstein, home grown Nicean Yves Klein, and some others. It was literally 6 rooms and you'd be hard pressed to take any longer than 2 hours in there. It was interesting to see the work once but wouldn't go back a 2nd time.

Next I headed out to the Musee Matisse, as he also spent some time in Nice. I knew of Matisse but wasn't really familiar with his work. I thought his 'student' life drwings were fantastic but after that, he tries to simplify forms and I can see where he is heading but probably not my cup of tea. Still it was worthwhile having a look at.