CACN – Centre d’Art Contemporain de Nîmes

The CACN – Contemporary Art Centre of Nîmes was founded by Bertrand Riou and inaugurated in 2017, in an old ironworks located close to the town center. ​After a period of roaming France throughout 2020, in 2021 the activities of the Art Centre is now permanently installed in a municipal building located in the Pissevin-Valdegour district, 4 Place Roger Bastide in Nîmes.

The Art Centre helps to support artistic creation, the promotion of artists and the diffusion of contemporary art, whether at local, regional, national or international level. It developes different forms of activities, such as : exhibitions, publications, artistic events, performances, projections, conferences, etc. Also collaborative projects through residencies for artists and curators.

© Deladerrière, CACN 2023
© Deladerrière, CACN 2023
© Yndi-Ferreira, Amalia Laurent, CACN 2023
© Yndi-Ferreira, Amalia Laurent, CACN 2023
© François Deladerrière, Vaguelsy, CACN 2022
© François Deladerrière, Vaguelsy, CACN 2022
© Ville de Nîmes, Léo-Fourdrinie, CACN 2021
© Ville de Nîmes, Léo-Fourdrinie, CACN 2021

The CACN – Contemporary Art Centre of Nîmes was founded by Bertrand Riou and inaugurated in 2017, in an old ironworks located close to the town center. ​After a period of roaming France throughout 2020, in 2021 the activities of the Art Centre is now permanently installed in a municipal building located in the Pissevin-Valdegour district, 4 Place Roger Bastide in Nîmes.

The Art Centre helps to support artistic creation, the promotion of artists and the diffusion of contemporary art, whether at local, regional, national or international level. It developes different forms of activities, such as : exhibitions, publications, artistic events, performances, projections, conferences, etc. Also collaborative projects through residencies for artists and curators.

Programme

Camille Bernard, Sans titre, 2024
Camille Bernard, Sans titre, 2024
Camille Bernard, L'Étendue, 2023
Camille Bernard, L'Étendue, 2023
Camille Bernard, Récolte, 2023
Camille Bernard, Récolte, 2023
Camille Bernard, La Tolerie, Clermont-Ferrand, 2023
Camille Bernard, La Tolerie, Clermont-Ferrand, 2023
Léna Gayaud, Flowers, 2023
Léna Gayaud, Flowers, 2023
Léna Gayaud, Under the star a hand dropping to a foot, 2023
Léna Gayaud, Under the star a hand dropping to a foot, 2023
Léna Gayaud, Wild flowers swab, Barcelone, 2023
Léna Gayaud, Wild flowers swab, Barcelone, 2023
Léna Gayaud, Wild flowers swab, Barcelone, 2023
Léna Gayaud, Wild flowers swab, Barcelone, 2023

Tendres Paumes

The exhibition brings together works by Camille Bernard and Léna Gayaud, curated by Anne Vimeux and Elise Poitevin, founders and directors of sissi club.

These two artists, deeply rooted in their respective rural environments - the Corrèze for Camille and the Cévennes for Léna - are committed to weaving a close link between their creations and the production contexts that inspired them. The works in Tendres Paumes are at the heart of a cycle, one that ends to make way for another.

In these spaces of transition, of ecotone, of fallow land, they evoke stories of transformation through the wild flowers that grow on land left to rest or abandon, through scenes of interaction between humans and nature in a palpable instability.

Access

CACN – Centre d’Art Contemporain de Nîmes
4 Place Roger Bastide
30900 Nîmes
+33 (0)9 83 08 37 44
www.cacncentredart.com
@cacn_centredart_nimes

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