Yann
Exhibition
16.12.18 → 31.03.19
The first global retrospective by Yann Arthus-Bertrand invites you to discover the story of a life devoted to raising awareness of environmental issues.
Through his photography, Arthus-Bertrand shows what we stand to lose and promotes sustainable development. The artist body of work the impact of man on Earth, presenting the issue through its sometimes negative but often hopeful lens.
Conceived as an expedition across continents and oceans, this retrospective amplifies the vision long held by the artist: to show evidence in raising awareness, and to send out warnings in an effort to inspire changes in behaviour.
The work of a committed artist
Legacy offers a retrospective on years of work by an artist and his advocacy for the Earth, its animals and humanity.
From his first shots of lions to views captured in Earth from Above, his photographs in the Horses and Good Breeding series to the interviews filmed both in Human and most recently Woman, the artist’s work focuses on raising awareness in those around him.
“If mankind is responsible, then he must hold the key to making the changes needed to protect the environment”. In light of this, his message is one of true hope.
Beauty that serves a cause
The artistic dimension of Yann Arthus-Bertrand’s long work has been recognised on an international scale. To view a photograph or watch one of his films is to have a deeply emotional and authentic experience, one which is not only thought provoking but lends itself to the desire for positive change.
If the subject is universal then so, too, is the responsibility. Never accusatory nor interfering, the artist’s intrinsic perspective raises awareness in an ever so simple way serving as the first step on the path to humans behaving accountably.
Exhibition curator
Catherine Arthus-Bertrand
Exhibition partner
Photos
Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Special focus
Robert Fielding
Exhibition
16.12.18 → 31.03.19
“Through the camera, I do not only see a discarded object or a forgotten moment, I see users, I see routines and I aim to take these ordinary objects or moments and breathe new life into them, let them tell their story one more time”. Robert Fielding
As a son of a child of the stolen, Robert Fielding grew up influenced by two very different cultures: Western urban life and Indigenous ancestral Law. Robert’s work associates these two worlds using abandoned objects of modern life as a means of expressing traditional Aboriginal art. With his photographs, he offers us his interpretation of history and shows us that the future of Indigenous communities lies in their hands.
Photo © Vincent Girier-Dufournier
Exhibition curator
Bérengère Primat
Exhibition partner
Photos
Robert Fielding, Mimili Maku Arts
Future Exhibitions
Before
Time began
contemporary
Aboriginal Art
Exhibition
09.06.19 → 29.03.20
Contemporary Aboriginal art exhibition in one of two ways.
In the concept of the Dreaming, this phrase can be referred to in describing the process of Creation. The reference to “time” helps us understand a complex concept innate to Aboriginal culture whereby the Earth was created by the actions of our ancestors during the Dreaming.
The beginning of the contemporary art movement is just as important. Contributing to the artistic history of contemporary Aboriginal painting are several ancient works from the Arnhem Land, paintings from Papunya dating back to the early seventies to recent works from the APY Lands.
From an art history perspective, the title evokes beginnings,
or the origin of contemporary Aboriginal art from a number of isolated regions.
The current art scene is represented by works from the APY Lands in which the meeting of contemporary and traditional art are seen simultaneously: ancestral knowledge combined with new societal developments are ever present.
Two major collaborative paintings as well as an installation of wooden spears, “kulata tjuta”, are the central pillars of this inspiring exhibition.
Special focus
Pipilotti Rist
Berg Elle, 2017
Audio video installation with a stone suspended from ceiling