Rochechouart Museum Reopens with New Spaces; Frac Languedoc-Roussillon Shows at Villeurbanne
The Musée départemental d’art contemporain de Rochechouart has reopened after a two-year renovation, showcasing new interiors designed by architect Jean-François Bodin. The ground levels now host dedicated spaces for artists such as Ugo Rondinone and Gabriel Orozco, while the attic features Arte Povera pieces acquired prior to curator Jean-Marc Prévost's tenure, which began in 1992. A concrete-vaulted tower displays Rineke Dijkstra's Buzzclub. Concurrently, the Frac Languedoc-Roussillon launched part of its collection at the Institut de Villeurbanne in the exhibition Dévoler, highlighting works by David Vincent and Simon Starling. Both exhibitions, reflecting the influences of Prévost and Barak, challenge the lines between institutional and private collections and emphasize the lack of paintings, urging for clearer deaccession guidelines.
Key facts
- Musée départemental d’art contemporain de Rochechouart reopened after two years of renovation.
- Architect Jean-François Bodin redesigned the museum's interiors.
- New spaces include small white-walled rooms and a concrete-vaulted tower for video projections.
- Rineke Dijkstra's Buzzclub is currently screened in the tower.
- Frac Languedoc-Roussillon presented Dévoler at the Institut de Villeurbanne.
- Exhibition title comes from a Pierre Huyghe video.
- David Vincent's mashed potato mountain references Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
- Simon Starling fused a Charles Eames chair and a Sausalito mountain bike into each other.
- Douglas Gordon's From God to Nothing lists fears from 'fear of God' to 'fear of nothing'.
- No paintings are included in either exhibition (except Arte Povera at Rochechouart).
Entities
Artists
- Ugo Rondinone
- Gabriel Orozco
- Valérie Jouve
- Suzanne Lafont
- Rineke Dijkstra
- Pierre Huyghe
- David Vincent
- Simon Starling
- Charles Eames
- Douglas Gordon
- Jean-Marc Prévost
- Ami Barak
- Cyrille Putman
- Richard Leydier
Institutions
- Musée départemental d’art contemporain de Rochechouart
- Frac Languedoc-Roussillon
- Institut de Villeurbanne
- Mamco de Genève
- artpress
Locations
- Rochechouart
- France
- Villeurbanne
- Genève
- Switzerland
- Montpellier
Sources
- artpress —