Gallifet
Located in an 18th century mansion in the heart of Aix-en-Provence, Gallifet provides a unique hub for those who are passionate about contemporary art. A firm believer that « artists are those best positioned to provide a window onto our times, » Nicolas Mazet opened the doors of this private family property in 2010 to offer visitors the chance to consider our world from another point of view.
Located in an 18th century mansion in the heart of Aix-en-Provence, Gallifet provides a unique hub for those who are passionate about contemporary art. A firm believer that « artists are those best positioned to provide a window onto our times, » Nicolas Mazet opened the doors of this private family property in 2010 to offer visitors the chance to consider our world from another point of view.
Programme
À l’accélération et à l’oubli
Curated by textile artist and craftswoman Morgane Baroghel-Crucq, the exhibition shines a light on a generation of creators who embrace fluid definitions and reinvent traditional skills in dialogue with contemporary creation. Their works emerge from a process of co-creation with material and time, as well as from a shared practice where one can no longer create without the other. Through gesture, transmission and experimentation, they reaffirm the value of “making together” as a response to acceleration and oblivion.
The artist-craftspeople:
• Grégoire Scalabre. His tiny amphorae come together to form colossal architectures, where the minuscule meets the immeasurable.
• Jérôme Hirson. “By the work, we know the worker.”
• Nelly Saunier transforms feathers into a poetic and sculptural language.
• Baptiste Meyniel. Each object is less an outcome than a patient conversation between material and gesture.
• Nina Fradet. Her solid-wood weavings invent fragile yet powerful architectures, blending takezaiku and cabinetmaking.
• Maxime Bellaunay. Wood, stone and metal guide his hand towards sculpted landscapes.
• Lise Camoin. Her plant-based dyes capture the light of the Luberon — a delicate trace of time held still.
• Aurore Thibout. Her textiles move with the rhythm of bodies, a fabric memory of ancestral gestures.
• Chloé Valorso uses jewellery as a shamanic language.
• Marianne Barrier. Straw becomes refined brilliance, a humble and splendid reflection of passing time.
• Laetitia Costechareyre. Her indigo dyeing turns textiles into acts of memory and resistance.
• Emma Bruschi reinvents rural craft traditions as poetic creations turned towards the future.
• Nicolas Pinon & Dimitri Hlinka reinvent urushi lacquer, at the crossroads of thousand-year-old tradition and contemporary technologies.
• Morgane Baroghel-Crucq. Her monumental weavings are works of patience and silence, setting against the world’s turmoil the slowness of a reclaimed time.
Access
Gallifet
52, rue Cardinale
13100 Aix-en-Provence
+33 (0)9 53 84 37 61
hoteldegallifet.com
Until June 1st :
Wednesday to Saturday, 12pm to 6pm
From 1st June :
Tuesday to Sunday, 12 noon to 6pm
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PLACES TO DISCOVER
• Le Pavillon de Vendôme: museum and sumptuous French gardens.
• Promenade de la Torse: a riverside park ideal for a country walk.
PLACES TO EAT & DRINK
• Mademoiselle Wine: a wine cellar specialising in local champagnes, just a stone's throw from the magnificent Place Richelme market.
• La Méduse: a bar where the welcome is as good as the quality of the wines and the small plates to share.
• Gallifet Kitchen: restaurant in the garden of the Hôtel de Gallifet from June to October.
PLACES TO STAY
• La Maison du Collectionneur: a confidential and intimate address to sleep in the heart of the Mazarin district.
