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DP-Chateau-De-Montsoreau.Pdf Au sein de l’art contemporain, Art & Language : l’art conceptuel c’est quoi ? un journal avant tout Château de Montsoreau Le terme d’art conceptuel désigne un Le nom du groupe a été choisi d’après mouvement artistique né aux États-Unis le nom du journal Art-Language, dont le Passage du Marquis de Geoffre vers 1965, et suivi en Angleterre par des premier numéro, intitulé « The Journal of 49 730 Montsoreau artistes qui fondent la revue Art-Language. Conceptual Art » date de 1969. Ce journal Les artistes de ce mouvement ne veulent est le premier à être utilisé en tant que Revisitez Tél. 02 41 67 12 60 ni « représenter » ni « exprimer ». Ils ex- base théorique et conversationnelle par [email protected] posent des « propositions artistiques » qui, une communauté d’artistes, producteurs toutes, sont à la recherche de l’idée de l’art et utilisateurs à la fois. www.chateau-montsoreau.com PARIS vos classiques... (une de ces « propositions » est celle, cé- Volontairement ce texte n’est pas signé afin lèbre de Kosuth : Art as idea as idea). de désacraliser la notion d’auteur. Le texte Le but de l’artiste est d’explorer l’art dans explique ce qu’est l’Art conceptuel. Il est LE MANS Château son fonctionnement. lui-même présenté comme une « œuvre d’art conceptuelle » et analyse ce qui ca- L a One and Three Chairs, Joseph Kosuth M a he ractérise une œuvre d’art. « L’utilisation du ye art S 8 n a 2 n L A Art & Language, e langage de l’art » peut suffire àfaire de l’art. de Montsoreau A11 un collectif avant-gardiste Le groupe fonde son activité, ses « conver- Quelques points de repère… Loir Le Le collectif Art & Language a été créé en sations », sur l’analyse de la relation entre 1966 en Angleterre par quatre artistes : théorie et pratique artistique. Les pre- 1961 Terry Atkinson, David Bainbridge, Michael mières œuvres comme Air conditionning - Henry Flynt emploie les termes « Concept Sol LeWitt définit comme « Art conceptuel » Baldwin et Harold Hurell. Ils sont consi- Show sont des protocoles scientifiques Art » dans un essai publié en 1963 par un tout travail artistique entièrement conçu A11 ANGERS A10 dérés comme les pères fondateurs. portant sur des expériences imaginaires. représentant de Fluxus. Flynt invente un avant sa matérialisation. D’autres artistes, tel que Charles Harrison Les œuvres successives sont essentiel- art dont le matériau serait le concept et - 100% abstract, Mel Ramsden N1 47 TOURS A NANTES 8 et Mel Ramsden vont dans les années qui lement textuelles et renvoient à elles- dont la beauté serait toute mathématique. - Maps to not indicate, Map of itself, Map to 5 52 D9 suivent rejoindre le groupe. mêmes. - Card File, Robert Morris. indicate, Terry Atkinson et Michaël Baldwin. A87 La D9 52 Lo i Plus d’une cinquantaine d’artistes au total - Idea structures re 5 8 BOURGUEIL A SAUMUR vont prendre part aux activités du collectif : 1965 - Memory piece, Victor Burgin. 1 75 0 re D 1 Ian Burn, Michael Corris, Preston Heller, - Mirror piece, Michael Baldwin oi A MONTSOREAU La L CHINON FONTEVRAUD Graham Howard, Joseph Kosuth, Andrew - One and Three Chairs, Joseph Kosuth. 1968 D D7 1 51 er 4 7 Menard, Terry Smith, Philip Pilkington et La « proposition » de l’artiste présente au - 1 Statement, de Lawrence Weiner D760 La David Rushton. centre une chaise, à gauche, sa photogra- - Formation du collectif Art & Language V ienne phie grandeur nature et à droite, une défi- en Grande-Bretagne par Terry Atkinson, Infos nition du mot « chaise ». Michaël Balwin David Bainbridge et Harold POITIERS Hurrell. pratiques 1966 - Certificate paintings, Mel Ramsden. - Exposition Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper not necessarily 1969 Horaires d’ouverture 2016 meant to be Viewed as Art de Mel Bochner. - Exposition January 5-31 : Seth Siegelaub Du 09/04 au 13/11 Elle met en consultation des dessins, cro- 32 œuvres figurent au catalogue, 8 seule- tous les jours de 10 h à 19 h quis et photocopies d’originaux. ment sont présentées. L’exposition est le Du 11/12 au 31/12 - Kosuth emploie l’adjectif « conceptuel » catalogue lui-même, la présence concrète tous les jours de 10 h à 17 h dans le catalogue de l’exposition Non des œuvres n’étant qu’un supplément est Anthropomorphic Art : « Mes objets d’art presque optionnelle. Visites sont des totalités, ils sont complets et - Sentences on Conceptual Art, Sol LeWitt. Durée visite libre : 2 h désintéressés. Ils sont constitués de ma- La distinction des deux orientations de Durée visite guidée : 1 h tériaux non organiques, sans couleur, ab- l’Art conceptuel est exposée. Les artistes solument synthétiques et non naturels ; anglais et l’américain Kosuth veulent s’en Langues parlées ils sont plus constitués de matériaux tenir aux possibilités structurantes du Français, anglais, allemand conceptuels que de matériaux trouvés ». langage, tandis que les artistes venant de - Homes for America, publiée dans Arts l’Art minimal acceptent d’abandonner la Tarifs 2016 Magazine, l’œuvre est composée d’un rationalité pourl’idée. Plein tarif : 9,20 € L’art conceptuel renvoie ainsi à des artistes qui identifient les conditions d’exis- texte et de photographies de Dan Graham - Publication aux États-Unis du premier nu- Tarif enfant (5 à 18 ans) : 5,50 € tence d’une œuvre d’art. Avec Sol LeWitt puis Dan Grahm, l’art conceptuel se base et Walker Evans. méro de la revue Art – Language, avec pour Tarif réduit (étudiants, demandeurs d’emploi) : 7,30 € sur l’affirmation de la primauté de l’idée sur la réalisation. Pour Joseph Kosuth, - Loop (1966-1967), David Bainbridge. sous-titre The Journal of Conceptual Art. Formule famille (2 + 2 minimum) : 25 € l’artiste se limite à la production de définitions en relation avec l’œuvre d’art ou - Studio international, Kosuth écrits trois Tarif groupe (à partir de 20 personnes) : 7,50 €/pers. sa description. 1967 articles qui forment l’un des textes fon- Le collectif Art & Language remet en question le statut de l’artiste et s’autorise la - Paragraphs on Conceptual Art, Sol damentaux de l’Art conceptuel, Art after création d’œuvres discursives, qu’elles soient sous formes de textes, de dessins, Dépliant édité dans le cadre de la réouverture du château de Montsoreau. LeWitt. Philosophy. Photo de Une : Bruno Rousseau, Département de Maine-et-Loire de peintures, d’installations ou de performances. © Direction de la communication - Département de Maine-et-Loire / Avril 2016 « L’équilibre général qui ressort des l’album « Corrected slogan ». Deux autres La rencontre de deux hommes autour d’un projet pièces du château de Montsoreau fait albums sont cosignés avec Art & Lan- qu’en réalité, les espaces correspondent guage. En septembre 2007 sort une nou- parfaitement aux œuvres d’Art & Lan- velle collaboration avec Art & Language, À l’approche de la fin de la délégation de – qui a investi depuis des mois le MACBA guage. Il y a un même esprit d’avant- Sighs trapped by liars. service public. L’Assemblée départemen- de Barcelone – et enfin, sa force de garde dans les deux. » P.M tale a voulu réinterroger la destinée de sa conviction, ont fait la différence. » C.G. propriété de Montsoreau en lançant un La réouverture du château s’est faite en appel à projets. Parmi les réponses reçues, Conscients l’un et l’autre que l’Anjou, en présence de Michael Baldwin, un des En 1955, le Jackson Pollock Bar et un projet s’est distingué par un parti pris dépit d’une présence locale d’artistes à la pères fondateurs d’Art & Language et le Art & Language ont collaboré pour la revendiqué : celui de faire dialoguer l’archi- renommée internationale n’occupe pas Jackson Pollock Bar première fois au cours du symposium tecture et l’art contemporain. la place qu’elle pourrait occuper dans le « Art & Language and Luhmann ». Lors « monde de l’art contemporain », la déci- de cet événement, les artistes d’Art & Philippe Méaille, considéré comme le sion de contribuer – ensemble - à y remé- Red Crayola rock expérimental Language ont présenté une produc- mécène et le garant de la diffusion de dier, a été scellée. © ADML et psychédélique tion en playback d’un texte théorique. l’œuvre d’Art & Language, collectionne et Cette installation théorique symboli- suit l’évolution de ces artistes depuis plus « Notre volonté est de faire de ce site Fin des années 70, le collectif Art & sait une conversation du « concept du de vingt ans. Son projet s’appuie sur une historique, situé au cœur du Val de Loire de Maine-et-Loire Département B. Rousseau, Language se résume essentiellement nouveau ». Depuis, cette collaboration À la confluence entre la Loire et la L’intervention du marquis Jean de Geoffre politique d’animation, de communication classé au patrimoine mondial de l’huma- à Baldwin, Harrison et Ramsden, avec entre Art & Language et le Jackson Vienne, au cœur du Parc Naturel Régional à partir de 1910 permettra d’éviter la ruine et de mise en réseaux impliquant des col- nité, un lieu emblématique de valorisa- une participation occasionnelle de Mayo Pollock Bar perdure, ainsi chaque Loire-Anjou-Touraine, se situe un édifice totale du château. Ce conseiller général, laborations étroites avec les acteurs de tion du patrimoine, de promotion de l’art Thompson et son groupe Red Crayola qui nouvelle exposition majeure d’Art & qu’Alexandre Dumas a contribué à rendre passionné par le patrimoine de l’Anjou, l’art contemporain (musées, Fonds régio- contemporain qui contribue au dévelop- Une visite ludique et participative sera une source d’inspiration pour les Language voit une installation théo- célèbre : le château de Montsoreau.
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