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CANNES WATCH: Sylvester Stallone, the artiste, has a show

FILE- In this April 21, 2015 file photo, Sylvester Stallone introduces a clip from the film "Creed" at the Warner Bros presentation during CinemaCon 2015, at Caesars Palace, in Las Vegas. Sylvester Stallone, the artiste, eschews Cannes this year for his exhibit at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)
FILE- In this April 21, 2015 file photo, Sylvester Stallone introduces a clip from the film "Creed" at the Warner Bros presentation during CinemaCon 2015, at Caesars Palace, in Las Vegas. Sylvester Stallone, the artiste, eschews Cannes this year for his exhibit at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File) FILE- In this April 21, 2015 file photo, Sylvester Stallone introduces a clip from the film "Creed" at the Warner Bros presentation during CinemaCon 2015, at Caesars Palace, in Las Vegas. Sylvester Stallone, the artiste, eschews Cannes this year for his exhibit at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

By Associated Press 2 min read

NICE, France (AP) – Last year at the Cannes Film Festival, Sylvester Stallone and his merry band of musclemen were rumbling down the Croisette in tanks to promote their film “The Expendables 3.” This year, Stallone is on the French Riviera, but for a completely different, understated reason – his artwork.

While Stallone is best known for his action films, he’s also a painter, and he presented his creations at the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Nice on Saturday. The retrospective includes his work from 1975 to this year.

While the show is near Cannes, it wasn’t intentional.

“It is a coincidence,” he said in an interview Saturday. “I’m here for this, so I’m not here to do anything affiliated with films.”

The exhibit includes a piece titled “Finding Rocky,” featuring perhaps the most famous character he has ever played. Stallone said “Rocky” was certainly an early inspiration, but now other things spark his interest.