elles@centrepompidou: A Feminist Manifesto in Museum Display
Between May 27, 2009, and May 24, 2010, the 'elles@centrepompidou' exhibition took place at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, highlighting the contributions of women artists, architects, and designers. Curated by Camille Morineau alongside Quentin Bajac, Cécile Debray, Valérie Guillaume, and Emma Lavigne, the exhibit utilized eight of the fifth floor's forty rooms to confront historical disparities in museum representation. Thematic sections such as 'Feu à volonté', 'Corps slogan', 'Eccentric Abstraction', 'Une chambre à soi', 'Le mot à l'œuvre', and 'Immatérielles' featured prominent figures like Niki de Saint Phalle, Louise Bourgeois, and Mona Hatoum. The exhibition also included a dedicated website and catalogue, receiving accolades from critic Raphaël Cuir for its challenge to sexist narratives in art history.
Key facts
- Exhibition ran from May 27, 2009 to May 24, 2010 at Centre Pompidou, Paris
- Curated by Camille Morineau with Quentin Bajac, Cécile Debray, Valérie Guillaume, Emma Lavigne
- Drew exclusively from Centre Pompidou's collections, featuring only women creators
- Occupied 8 of 40 rooms on the 5th floor
- Thematic sections included 'Feu à volonté', 'Corps slogan', 'Eccentric Abstraction', 'Une chambre à soi', 'Le mot à l'œuvre', 'Immatérielles'
- Featured over 40 artists including Niki de Saint Phalle, Louise Bourgeois, Ana Mendieta, Agnes Martin
- Included design and architecture by Charlotte Perriand and Annie Tribel
- Accompanied by a catalogue and a dedicated website
- Reviewed by Raphaël Cuir in art press n°359 (September 2009)
- Explicitly framed as a feminist manifesto to address gender imbalance in museum displays
Entities
Artists
- Niki de Saint Phalle
- Sanja Ivekovic
- Elke Krystufek
- Évelyne Axell
- Sigalit Landau
- Annette Messager
- VALIE EXPORT
- ORLAN
- Jana Sterbak
- Louise Bourgeois
- Natacha Nisic
- Carolee Schneemann
- Ana Mendieta
- Sonia Khurana
- Atsuko Tanaka
- Marie-Ange Guilleminot
- Ghada Amer
- Marthe Wéry
- Vera Molnar
- Monique Frydman
- Mona Hatoum
- Dorothea Tanning
- Sophie Calle
- Tatiana Trouvé
- Koo Jeong-A
- Eleanor Antin
- Tania Mouraud
- Cristina Iglesias
- Judith Reigl
- Geneviève Asse
- Agnes Martin
- Pierrette Bloch
- Charlotte Perriand
- Annie Tribel
- Marguerite Yourcenar
- Virginia Woolf
- Simone de Beauvoir
- Jacques Derrida
- Michel Foucault
- Julia Kristeva
- Sonia Delaunay
- Joan Mitchell
- Maria-Elena Vieira da Silva
- Valerie Export
- Charlotte Moorman
- Wendy Jacob
- Zineb Sedira
- Marina Abramovic
- Tania Brugera
- Cindy Sherman
- Lucy Lippard
- Lee Bontecou
- Eva Hesse
- Louise Nevelson
- Martha Rosler
- Jenny Holzer
- Barbara Kruger
- Camille Moreau
Institutions
- Centre Pompidou
- art press
- Académie française
- Musée National d'Art Moderne
- artcritical
Locations
- Paris
- France
- Los Angeles
- United States
- New York
- Algeria
Sources
- artpress —
- artcritical —