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yopoydan_kirjat's review against another edition
3.0
Huh, olipas Kikin elämä rankka. Hän päätyy maalaistyttösestä maailmaluokan tähdeksi, mutta enimmäkseen kanvaasilla ja valokuvissa, vaikka maalasi itsekin ja esiintyi laulajana. Todella rankka taiteilijäelämä kuului kuvioon, kokaiinia, heroiinia, oopiumua, alkoholia ja paljon seksiä. Kiki kuoli 52-vuotiaana. Kiinnostava elämäkerrallinen sarjis naisesta, josta en ennen ollut kuullut.
isabeaubellevue's review against another edition
3.0
Une chouette biographie, aux dessins très doux. La forme n'a rien de très original, mais j'ai vraiment aimé suivre Kiki à travers le Paris de la première partie du XXème siècle et découvrir sa vie exceptionnelle, qui ne se résume pas à son activité de modèle et de compagne de Man Ray.
C'est une femme libre, amoureuse de la vie que l'on découvre au fil des pages, mais qui doit aussi faire face à ses propres démons. On côtoie aussi toute la bohème montparnassienne, les auteurs brossant ainsi un tableau vivant de la vie artistique de la première moitié du XXème siècle.
P.S. Mention spéciale pour la chronologie détaillée en fin de volume, ainsi que sur les biographies des autres personnalités rencontrées au cours de notre lecture.
C'est une femme libre, amoureuse de la vie que l'on découvre au fil des pages, mais qui doit aussi faire face à ses propres démons. On côtoie aussi toute la bohème montparnassienne, les auteurs brossant ainsi un tableau vivant de la vie artistique de la première moitié du XXème siècle.
P.S. Mention spéciale pour la chronologie détaillée en fin de volume, ainsi que sur les biographies des autres personnalités rencontrées au cours de notre lecture.
leah_gravel's review against another edition
4.0
Une BD pleine de joie, de fête et d'amour pour raconter la vie de Kiki, reine de Montparnasse.
Catel et Bocquet font un formidable travail en retraçant les grandes étapes de la vie fambloyante de la belle Kiki. J'ai adoré retrouver les années folles et toutes les personnalités du Paris de l'époque.
Catel et Bocquet font un formidable travail en retraçant les grandes étapes de la vie fambloyante de la belle Kiki. J'ai adoré retrouver les années folles et toutes les personnalités du Paris de l'époque.
fiona_leonard's review against another edition
3.0
Love the illustrations. Fascinating story. Not convinced about the translation. Wish I could read it in French.
nellieisnotcool's review against another edition
3.0
(3.5 stars)
would definitely recommend this to anyone interested by the underrated role of the muse in the history of art!!!
would definitely recommend this to anyone interested by the underrated role of the muse in the history of art!!!
lindsayb's review
3.0
Not being quite the arty type, I was introduced to and fell in love with Man Ray's work during an art appreciation class my freshman year of college. I melted when I got to see a lot of his work in the flesh at an amazing Surrealist exhibit at the Met in 2002. "Le Violon d'Ingres" has adorned the background of my MP3 player ever since I got it five years ago. His output with Kiki de Montparnasse as his muse remains some of my favorite work of his, but never have I come across anything about the personal life of this woman. So I was extra excited when I read about the existence of this graphic novel.
This hefty tome covers a near yearly account of Kiki's life, and we get a clear picture of just how rooted she was in the art world from the late 1910s onward. I wondered, though, by the time I was deep in the novel, about the aims of the author. I had a feeling he wanted to elicit a feeling of sympathy for the tragedy in Kiki's life, but I found her to be simply neurotic much of the time. Sure, her hard-knock upbringing didn't give her a terribly strong foundation, and there were a few instances where I truly felt sorry for her, but mostly I just saw a woman who didn't know what she wanted and demanded a lot without any real consideration for those around her. Her naivete seemed to have persisted through most of her life. This hardly seems emancipated, as the book's synopsis claims her to be...unless you consider emancipation the ability to live in Paris by hopping from one man's bed to another and doing lots of blow. Not quite the person I'd suggest a young woman to look up to. DESPITE THIS, I really did appreciate the chance to get a glimpse into the life of this legend, which I might not have otherwise come across, and it has prompted me to go back and search through all my books for images of Kiki now that I have a better understanding of her as a person.
This hefty tome covers a near yearly account of Kiki's life, and we get a clear picture of just how rooted she was in the art world from the late 1910s onward. I wondered, though, by the time I was deep in the novel, about the aims of the author. I had a feeling he wanted to elicit a feeling of sympathy for the tragedy in Kiki's life, but I found her to be simply neurotic much of the time. Sure, her hard-knock upbringing didn't give her a terribly strong foundation, and there were a few instances where I truly felt sorry for her, but mostly I just saw a woman who didn't know what she wanted and demanded a lot without any real consideration for those around her. Her naivete seemed to have persisted through most of her life. This hardly seems emancipated, as the book's synopsis claims her to be...unless you consider emancipation the ability to live in Paris by hopping from one man's bed to another and doing lots of blow. Not quite the person I'd suggest a young woman to look up to. DESPITE THIS, I really did appreciate the chance to get a glimpse into the life of this legend, which I might not have otherwise come across, and it has prompted me to go back and search through all my books for images of Kiki now that I have a better understanding of her as a person.
lindsayb's review against another edition
3.0
Not being quite the arty type, I was introduced to and fell in love with Man Ray's work during an art appreciation class my freshman year of college. I melted when I got to see a lot of his work in the flesh at an amazing Surrealist exhibit at the Met in 2002. "Le Violon d'Ingres" has adorned the background of my MP3 player ever since I got it five years ago. His output with Kiki de Montparnasse as his muse remains some of my favorite work of his, but never have I come across anything about the personal life of this woman. So I was extra excited when I read about the existence of this graphic novel.
This hefty tome covers a near yearly account of Kiki's life, and we get a clear picture of just how rooted she was in the art world from the late 1910s onward. I wondered, though, by the time I was deep in the novel, about the aims of the author. I had a feeling he wanted to elicit a feeling of sympathy for the tragedy in Kiki's life, but I found her to be simply neurotic much of the time. Sure, her hard-knock upbringing didn't give her a terribly strong foundation, and there were a few instances where I truly felt sorry for her, but mostly I just saw a woman who didn't know what she wanted and demanded a lot without any real consideration for those around her. Her naivete seemed to have persisted through most of her life. This hardly seems emancipated, as the book's synopsis claims her to be...unless you consider emancipation the ability to live in Paris by hopping from one man's bed to another and doing lots of blow. Not quite the person I'd suggest a young woman to look up to. DESPITE THIS, I really did appreciate the chance to get a glimpse into the life of this legend, which I might not have otherwise come across, and it has prompted me to go back and search through all my books for images of Kiki now that I have a better understanding of her as a person.
This hefty tome covers a near yearly account of Kiki's life, and we get a clear picture of just how rooted she was in the art world from the late 1910s onward. I wondered, though, by the time I was deep in the novel, about the aims of the author. I had a feeling he wanted to elicit a feeling of sympathy for the tragedy in Kiki's life, but I found her to be simply neurotic much of the time. Sure, her hard-knock upbringing didn't give her a terribly strong foundation, and there were a few instances where I truly felt sorry for her, but mostly I just saw a woman who didn't know what she wanted and demanded a lot without any real consideration for those around her. Her naivete seemed to have persisted through most of her life. This hardly seems emancipated, as the book's synopsis claims her to be...unless you consider emancipation the ability to live in Paris by hopping from one man's bed to another and doing lots of blow. Not quite the person I'd suggest a young woman to look up to. DESPITE THIS, I really did appreciate the chance to get a glimpse into the life of this legend, which I might not have otherwise come across, and it has prompted me to go back and search through all my books for images of Kiki now that I have a better understanding of her as a person.