Espace de l’Art Concret (eac)
Founded in 1990, the eac. holds a collection of abstract art unique in France, the Donation Albers-Honegger. Its mission is threefold: conservation and valorisation of the Albers-Honegger collection; research, centred around temporary exhibitions and artist residencies; education, with mediations and workshops.
Founded in 1990, the eac. holds a collection of abstract art unique in France, the Donation Albers-Honegger. Its mission is threefold: conservation and valorisation of the Albers-Honegger collection; research, centred around temporary exhibitions and artist residencies; education, with mediations and workshops.
Programme
Time removing, Jean-Pierre Bertrand
The work of Jean-Pierre Bertrand (1937- 2016, Paris) is rooted in an arithmetical approach to time and nature, porous media and cinema. Since the late 1960s, his quest for the living as a continual transformation of the work has been expressed through film and video, painting, photography, drawing and the quasi-alchemical impregnation of paper with organic materials (salt, lemon, honey), against a backdrop of writing as an artistic medium.
The exhibition is conceived in collaboration with the Jean-Pierre Bertrand endowment fund, which was created in 2019 with the aim of keeping the French artist's work active on the French and international scenes, and closely linking his artistic approach with the art of today.
IMPACT
As part of its ecological transition, to be launched in 2021, the eac. and its entire team have been made acutely aware of environmental issues. With this in mind, a strategy and action plan have been drawn up to rethink the Centre d'Art's methods in the light of sustainable development criteria.
The exhibition will reveal how certain artists encourage us to shift our point of view on the environment in order to change our impact on biodiversity, promote its restoration and enhance the value of ecosystems.
Dialogues : Ode Bertrand, Cécile Bart et la Collection Albers-Honegger
In this new cycle of rereading its permanent collection, the eac. has chosen to honor two major artists of the French abstract scene. Cécile Bart and Ode Bertrand are the tandem guests of this 2023 edition, in dialogue not only with each other, but also with a selection of works from the Albers-Honegger Donation.
Their works experiment with the notion of weave and mesh, playing with the viewer's eye and, by the same token, with the scale of their works, ranging from the infinitely small for one to more monumental works for the other. The question of rhythm also runs through their respective approaches.
Access
Espace de l’Art Concret
Château de Mouans
06370 Mouans-Sartoux
0033 4 93 75 71 50
espacedelartconcret.fr
July 1 to August 31: daily, 11 am to 7 pm.
September 1 to June 30: Wednesday to Sunday, 1:00 to 6:00 p.m.
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CULTURE & HERITAGE :
• Les jardins du MIP (Mouans-Sartoux)
• Musée Picasso (Antibes)
• Musée National Fernand Léger (Biot)
• Fondation Hartung (Antibes)
• Musée d'Art Classique (Mougins)
• Fondation Maeght (Saint-Paul-de-Vence)
• Les Musées de Nice
WALKS
• Le Canal de la Siagne, a 46-km walk along the canal dating from the late 19th century, from Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne to the sea in Cannes.
• The Parc de la Valmasque and the Étang de Fontmerle, a walk through the garrigue, perfect place for a picnic.
PLACES TO EAT
• Ici T’es Ailleurs : A unique place… Amid horses and stables outside, amid memories of tools and objects from the 1950s inside.
PLACES TO STAY
• Hôtel CasaBella (Mouans-Sartoux)
• Domaine Les Cigales (Mouans-Sartoux)
