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
Centenaire Morellet. CENTENAIRE MORELLET. Amitié choisie : François Morellet & la collection Albers-Honegger
On the occasion of the centenary of François Morellet’s birth, and at the initiative of the Centre Pompidou, a series of events will pay tribute to this major artist within French institutions connected to his work.
Accordingly, the nine works by François Morellet from the Albers-Honegger Collection will be presented, along with two in situ installations created using adhesive tape in accordance with a protocol defined by the artist during his lifetime.
Dialogue with the Albers-Honegger Collection, the residents of the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation
For this new cycle revisiting the Albers–Honegger Collection, the eac. is inviting seven international artists who have taken part in residencies at the Josef & Anni Albers Foundation to enter into dialogue with the works.
The artists Annie-Marie Akussah, Marie Hazard, Sumiko Oé-Gottini, Damien Poulain, Enrique Veganzones, Matthias Vico Persson and Charlotte von Poehl have thus been invited to immerse themselves in the collection by selecting around ten works with which they feel a particular “resonance”.
Extra-Terrestrial Art for the 21st Century
The eac. – a contemporary art centre of national interest – in partnership with the Observatoire de l’Espace, the cultural laboratory of CNES, presents the work of eleven contemporary artists who have explored extra-terrestrial art. This manifesto-exhibition aims to lay the foundations for the conceptualisation of extra-terrestrial art in the 21st century.
Taking as its starting point the Space Art experiments conducted in the 1980s, the exhibition seeks to define the framework within which contemporary works can lay claim to extra-terrestrial art. Amid the current effervescence surrounding space exploration and the renewed public interest in the cosmos, contemporary creation is presented with an exceptional opportunity to open a new chapter in the history of art.
Jürg Nänni - Art & Science
The Espace de l’Art Concret is pleased to present, for the first time in France, the work of Swiss physicist, teacher and artist Jürg Nänni (1942–2019). It all began in 1991 with the now-famous Black Book, published by Jürg Nänni in collaboration with Hans Knuchel by Lars Müller Publishers. The book generated strong enthusiasm among colour enthusiasts for its formal sobriety and conceptual rigour. Drawing on strict mathematical rules and geometric precision, Nänni developed a body of work rooted in concrete art, which remained largely confidential and was rediscovered only recently, following his estate.
The project Jürg Nänni • Art & Science offers a retrospective view of this singular oeuvre, with an exhibition at the eac., accompanied by parallel presentations in Brugg and Biel, Switzerland.
Access
Espace de l'Art Concret / eac.
Centre d'art contemporain d'intérêt national
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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PLACES TO DISCOVER
• 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
• 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. (Grasse)
PLACES TO STAY
• Hôtel CasaBella (Mouans-Sartoux)
• Domaine Les Cigales (Mouans-Sartoux)
