The exhibition “Colors, etc. Has the flavor of a fun fair. Of those we have waited too long. Which, when it finally begins, brings its share of joys, sensations, illuminations. After a postponement due to a health crisis, it opens wide its merry maze of 4,700 square meters populated with weirdness, weird things and colors, everywhere, in all forms! Like a merry-go-round, it shakes, it makes people laugh. She also questions.
Evidenced by The Secret of Red, the labyrinthine installation by Fernando Laposse which gives a detailed account of the scarlet pigment extracted from cochineals in Mexico. These doors topped with strange red hair are reminiscent of the health crisis, between tunnels and false roads. Or theOnion Farm of Henrik Vibskovand its hairy brushes which sometimes tickle us, sometimes sanitize us. “Colors, etc. ” to be enjoyed with all the senses
: sight, hearing, touch, when common hygiene allows us to do so. Unfortunately, a handful of works will not be accessible. So we can only touch the magic thread cube with our eyes First Light by Georg Lendorff, who sparkles in the dark.
We must not believe: this childishness is very serious! But they spread their positive waves to those who contemplate them.
For this moving reunion, the artists simmered (sometimes even from a distance) demanding installationsit is. Unequating Time and its translucent prisms in balance, Yellow balloon, container and contents which freezes the consumer society or the great refreshing organs Deep Circles, by Jordan Söderberg Mills. We must not believe: this childishness is very serious! But they spread their positive waves to those who contemplate them. And in this contemporary ice palace, the breadcrumb trail is joy.
This is why it is necessary to explore every nook and cranny of it. After the delicate color charts of the first floor, on the second, the Pigment Walk propose a precise selection of around a hundred design objects whose colors echo the altarpiece of the Mystic Lamb painted by Jan Van Eyck, from across Quiévrain. The curator of the exhibition, Siegrid Demyttenaere, designed this XXL cabinet of curiosities with Sofie Lachaert, around twenty works have been loaned by the Design Museum of Ghent. Some pieces are admirable for their beauty and originality (do not miss Painter’s palette).
There is bound to be one that will hold your pupil, whatever your age or your sensitivity. It’s a fact, no one is insensitive to colors.
Until November 14 at Tripostal, avenue Willy-Brandt in Lille. Open Wednesday to Sunday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. (12 p.m. to 7 p.m. July 7 to August 29). Prices: 9/7 € (online: 9.90 / 7.90 €). Free on Thursdays for students. Limited gauge, online booking highly recommended on colors.lille3000.eu/tickets. Contact : 03 20 14 47 60.
One hour guided tour possible on Saturday and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Limited to 10 people. Prices: 11/9 € (online: 11.90 / 9.90 €).
To see also
« Young Colors ». Complementary to “Colors, etc. “, the exhibition presents until July 4 the plurality of views on color from 38 young designers. Recently graduated, these artists come from 11 artistic educational establishments in the Lille metropolitan area, and in Ghent, Kortrijk and Tournai (B).
Institute for photography, 11, rue de Thionville & Sainte-Marie-Madeleine church, 27, rue du Pont-Neuf. Wednesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. (and 12 p.m.) to 7 p.m. Free.
“KĀIWÙ. Art and design in China ”.The exhibition shows how the spirit of the literati, these intellectuals whose art of living has profoundly influenced the aesthetic codes of Chinese objects and furniture, is perpetuated and transformed in culture and design today.
Comtesse Hospice Museum, 32, rue de la Monnaie. Monday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. and Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 5/4 €.
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