Museum of contemporary art of Lyon

The museum of contemporary art of Lyon is a Musée Lyon are born located at the international Cité, close to the park of the Gold Head in the 6th district, and devoted to the Contemporary art.

Collection and policy of creation

In 1984 the museum of contemporary art, then located in a wing of current the Museum of the Art schools of Lyon (museum Saint-Pierre contemporary art), is interested particularly in the production in situ of works of Article They can be new in their designs or be matérialisation of an old idea never yet carried out. These productions are the occasion for the artists to try out unusual matters, forms, ideas and dimensions, and to create works harmonizes some with the place.

The first intention of production appeared at the time of the exposure Georges Adilon to the museum Saint-Pierre contemporary art (October of Arts, 1984). The work produced with gigantic dimensions (16,56 X 52 meters), 1/6 only of work is then shown.

The policy of production of works of art of the museum forced the architect to conceive a completely modifiable interior space, which can fulfill the multiple requirements of the artists like to the diversity of the scenarios of exposures conceived by the conservatives.

That it is for a Russian mountain of the artist Cai Guo-Qiang, a Mur which cries of Ann Hamilton, or a salt water swimming pool of Mathieu Briand, the museum changes for each artistic project and thus proposes an always different course.

The collection is thus state only by bearing, as well as the exposures. The museum knows periods of closing between each exposure (six weeks on average) in order to implement the new course.

External bond

the official site of the museum of contemporary art of Lyon

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