Adam Adach
Saadane Afif
Jean-Michel Alberola
Alice Anderson
Pierre Ardouvin
Kader Attia
Silvia Bachli
Gilles Barbier
Ronan Barrot
Valerie Belin
Christian Botanski
Christian Bonnefoi
Etienne Bossut
Pierre Buraglio
Damien Cabanes
Sébastien Caillat
Sophie Calle
Jota Castro
Philippe Cognee
Hannah Collins
Serge Comte
Vincent Corpet
Annelise Coste
Francois-Xavier Courreges
Stephane Couturier
Rosson Crow
Jeremy Deller
Wim Delvoye
Yannick Demmerle
Damien Deroubaix
Erik Dietman
Tatjana Doll
Nathalie Elemento
Lionel Esteve
Philippe Favier
Valerie FAVRE
Daniel Firman
Gregory Forstner
Maike Freess
Bernard FRIZE
Gerard Garouste
Godiechiari
Andy Godlsworthy
Simon Hantai
Eric Hurtado
Fabrice Hyber
Kolkoz
Guillaume Leblon
Pierre-Nicolas Ledoux
Iris Levasseur
Isabelle Levenez
Guy Limone
Philippe Mayaux
Jennifer et Kevin Mc Coy
Jonathan Meese
Vincent Meessen
Mathieu Mercier
Pierre Moignard
Ernesto Neto
Bruno Peinado
Giuseppe Penone
Javier Perez
Philippe Perrot
Chloe PIENE
Fiona RAE
Georges Rousse
Samuel Rousseau
Peter Saul
Pierre Savatier
Joe Scanlan
Daniel Schlier
Thomas Schutte
Jim Shaw
Cindy Sherman
Roman Signer
Jeanne Susplugas
Cedric Teisseire
Barthelemy Toguo
Xavier Veilhan
Fabien Vershaere
Jean-Luc Vilmouth
Massimo VITALI
Peijun Weng Fen
Jens Wolf
Erwin Wurm
Duncan Wylie
Gilles Fuchs
Guy Tosatto
Bruno Henry
Michel Poitevin
Contemporary Art and Private Collections in France. This exhibition offers a snapshot of French collections of contemporary art through a selection of the works acquired by more than 70 private collectors over the past three years. Paintings, sculptures, photos, videos, and installations - every recent form of artistic expression will be on view in the exhibition. The works attest to the very great diversity of present-day art and the support it is receiving from certain collectors. Most of the artists exhibited are French, but foreign artists have not been overlooked, either.
Contemporary Art and Private Collections in France
In partnership with the ADIAF--the Association for the International Distribution of French
Art--the Grenoble Museum is putting on the show "Of Their Time (2)--Contemporary Art and
Private Collections in France". This exhibition offers a "snapshot" of French collections of
contemporary art through a selection of the works acquired by more than 70 private collectors
over the past three years. As a sequel to an initial show that was held at Tourcoing Museum in
2004, this exhibition will help visitors to gain a direct grasp of private collections that are in
the throes of being put together, and have a look at options taken and choices made in the
arena of current artwork, by a large number of collectors with different sensibilities. It also
illustrates the vitality of the art milieu which, when all is said and done, is quite discreet, and
the determined, not to say fervent commitment of these people to the art "of their time".
Paintings, sculptures, photos, videos, and installations--every recent form of artistic
expression will be on view in the exhibition. The works attest to the very great diversity of
present-day art and the support it is receiving from certain collectors. Most of the artists
exhibited are French, but foreign artists have not been overlooked, either. Conspicuously
present, first and foremost, is the young generation, in whose work it is possible to detect the
objective impact of the market, although one or two older figures are still being kept an eye
on and supported. The show offers an undeniably rich and diversified overview of today's art,
which we can here take a look at with all its obvious features, plus its anachronisms, its
methodical choices and its soft spots, by always keeping tabs on the oh-so-personal eye of the
private collector, who thus makes a major contribution to the interest and enjoyment of this
enterprise.
Catalogue: Essays by Gilles Fuchs, Guy Tosatto, Bruno Henry, Michel Poitevin
Interviews by Philippe Piguet with Krzysztof Pomian and Harry Bellet
Image: Valerie Favre
Opening july 2007
Musee de Grenoble
5, place de Lavalette - Grenoble
Hours: 10-18.30
Admission: 5 euro, reduce 3 euro