Rosa Barba
Berger&Berger
BuildingBuilding
Peter Buggenhout
Julie Chaumette
Jean Clareboudt
Hubert Duprat
Anne-Marie Filaire
Giuseppe Gabellone
Fabien Giraud
Andy Goldsworthy
Fernanda Gomes
Toni Grand
Koo Jeong A
Claire-Jeanne Jezequel
Ian Kiaer
Bertrand Lamarche
Chrystele Lerisse
Richard Long
Laurent Montaron
Evariste Richer
Marianne Lanavere
The first exhibition from the programme drawn up by new director Marianne Lanavere. A selection of works, notably from the Limousin Region's collections, based on the links between landscape and sculpture. A group show that takes its inspiration from the history of the Art Centre and foreshadows the exhibition programme to come.
Dual group exhibition at the Art Centre and the Château:
with Rosa Barba, Berger&Berger, BuildingBuilding, Peter Buggenhout, Julie Chaumette, Jean Clareboudt,
Hubert Duprat, Anne-Marie Filaire, Giuseppe Gabellone, Fabien Giraud, Andy Goldsworthy,
Fernanda Gomes, Toni Grand, Koo Jeong A, Claire-Jeanne Jézéquel, Ian Kiaer, Bertrand Lamarche,
Chrystèle Lerisse, Richard Long, Laurent Montaron, Evariste Richer
‘‘Champ d’expériences’’ (Field of Experiences) marks the arrival of a new director at the Vassivière Island
International Art and Landscape Centre (Centre international d’art et du paysage de l’île de Vassivière).
The exhibition draws its inspiration from past exhibitions at the Art Centre but also gives a foretaste of future
programming. More than forty works – mainly sculptures and photographs – by twenty-one different artists
are displayed in twin exhibitions running concurrently at the Art Centre and the Château of the island.
The choice of works reflects the links between landscape and sculpture and was guided by a desire to
ensure continuity between the new programming and the history of the venue. At the same time there
was a deliberately subjective effort to show the close links that have grown up since the end of the eighties
between some of the artists who have exhibited at the Art Centre, the local art scene and regional public
collections.
In keeping with this most uncommon of venues – a veritable field of potentialities – and also with the way
it is experienced physically, the exhibition is a journey around materials and substances in all their aspects.
A number of works interrogate the raw material and its possible transformations. The materials used in the
sculptures, on a gamut from physicality to evanescence, reflect the substances, the temperatures and the
climate that one senses on the island.
The exhibition circuit progresses in cyclical fashion from the Art Centre to the Château, from interior to
exterior, while the order of display in each building evolves from the substantial to its dissolution and vice
versa.
The works displayed in ‘‘Champ d’expériences’’ are from the collections of: Frac Limousin; Limousin
Artothèque; Musée Départemental d’Art Contemporain de Rochechouart; Centre de Recherche sur les
Arts du Feu et de la Terre (Craft); Centre des Livres d’Artistes (Cdla); Frac Île-de-France; as well as from
private collections.
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Opening: Saturday 7 July, from 5 pm to nightfall
Centre international d'art et du paysage de l'île de Vassivière
87120 Ile de Vassivière
Open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11am to 1pm and to 2pm to 6pm.
Admission: full ticket: 3 euro/reduced ticket: 1,5 euro