Jean-Luc Nancy Curates Drawing Exhibition at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
From October 12, 2007, to January 14, 2008, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon hosted 'Le Plaisir au dessin,' an exhibition curated by philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy. This showcase presented nearly 150 drawings sourced from French museums, featuring a mix of Old Masters like Dürer, Michelangelo, and Picasso alongside contemporary figures such as Gabriel Orozco and Pipilotti Rist. Organized into ten thematic sections, the exhibition concluded with a segment dedicated to photography, installation, and video. Born in Bordeaux in 1940, Nancy taught at the University of Strasbourg until 2004. The exhibition, a 'carte blanche' initiative from museum director Sylvie Ramond, delved into the concept of pleasure in drawing as a 'pleasure of tension' and desire, co-curated with Ramond and Éric Pagliano, and included an interview with Nancy by Émile Soulier.
Key facts
- Exhibition 'Le Plaisir au dessin' ran from October 12, 2007 to January 14, 2008 at Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.
- Curated by philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy, with Sylvie Ramond and Éric Pagliano as co-curators.
- Nearly 150 drawings from French museum collections were displayed.
- Artists included Dürer, Michelangelo, Watteau, Ingres, Delacroix, Manet, Picasso, Matisse, and contemporary artists like Gabriel Orozco, Brice Marden, Giuseppe Penone, Fabrice Hyber, Rosemarie Trockel, Claude Viallat, Daniele Orcier, Arnulf Rainer, Dieter Roth, Günter Brus, Betty Tompkins, Laurent Pariente, François Martin, Pipilotti Rist, Gloria Friedmann, Mario Merz, and Elisabeth Sunday.
- The exhibition was structured in ten thematic sections, including a final section incorporating photography, installation, and video.
- Jean-Luc Nancy was born in 1940 in Bordeaux, taught at the University of Strasbourg until 2004, and was a close associate of Jacques Derrida.
- Nancy's philosophy is influenced by phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and structuralism, and he has written on cinema (Abbas Kiarostami) and dance (with Mathilde Monnier).
- The exhibition was a 'carte blanche' from museum director Sylvie Ramond to showcase the museum's drawing collection.
Entities
Artists
- Jean-Luc Nancy
- Jacques Derrida
- Friedrich Hölderlin
- Martin Heidegger
- Maurice Blanchot
- Gilles Deleuze
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Mathilde Monnier
- Albrecht Dürer
- Michelangelo
- Jean-Antoine Watteau
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
- Eugène Delacroix
- Édouard Manet
- Pablo Picasso
- Henri Matisse
- Gabriel Orozco
- Brice Marden
- Giuseppe Penone
- Fabrice Hyber
- Rosemarie Trockel
- Claude Viallat
- Daniele Orcier
- Arnulf Rainer
- Dieter Roth
- Günter Brus
- Betty Tompkins
- Laurent Pariente
- François Martin
- Pipilotti Rist
- Gloria Friedmann
- Mario Merz
- Elisabeth Sunday
- Sylvie Ramond
- Éric Pagliano
- Émile Soulier
- Paul Valéry
- Leonardo da Vinci
Institutions
- Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon
- University of Strasbourg
- Yves Gevart Éditeur
- Galilée
Locations
- Lyon
- France
- Bordeaux
- Strasbourg
- Bruxelles
- Paris
Sources
- artpress —