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PRESS Opening to the public KIT on 2nd June 2018 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Press release 3 7. The garden 12 2. Édouard Carmignac - President 4 8. Design of the interior and exterior spaces 14 3. Charles Carmignac - Director 4 9. Inaugural exhibition 15 4. The Carmignac collection 5 10. The garden and its artworks 18 5. The inner island 7 11. Practical information 19 6. The architecture 10 12. Chronology 20 PRESS CONTACTS INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL PRESS Brunswick Arts Grégory Fleuriet +33 1 85 65 83 23 / +33 6 26 54 26 67 Roya Nasser +33 1 85 65 83 27 / +33 6 20 26 33 28 Fondation Carmignac [email protected] Anne Racine +33 1 70 38 38 90 LOCAL PRESS [email protected] Agence Open Space Eugénie Dautel Valentine Dolla +33 6 60 10 86 30 +33 1 70 92 31 91 [email protected] [email protected] Photo: Lionel Barbe 1. Press release The Fondation Carmignac is pleased to announce the opening of its site on the Porquerolles island on June 2, 2018. The Fondation, created in 2000 under the initiative of Édouard Carmignac, will open to the public in Porquerolles, a Mediterranean island often compared to a floating forest on the sea. Visitors will discover contemporary artworks of the Carmignac Collection in the beautiful surroundings of a national park, along with temporary exhibitions, a sculpture garden, and a rich program of cultural events. The island is not the result of a random decision: “As in all legends or initiatory journeys, the voyage to the island is always a dual crossing – both physical and psychological. It is about crossing over to the other side,” states the Director of the foundation, Charles Carmignac. Once on the island, the visitor will discover a Provençal farmhouse blended into the landscape. Inside, the galleries expand to reveal 2,000 square meters of exhibition spaces. Natural light, filtered through a ceiling filled with water, illuminates the spaces hidden beneath the surface. Outside, a selection of works inspired by the surroundings is dispersed over a 15-hectare garden, conceived by landscape designer Louis Benech. _ Created in 2000 under the initiative of Édouard Carmignac, the Fondation Carmignac is a corporate foundation with two main focuses: an art collection of close to 300 works, and the annual Carmignac Photojournalism Award. In partnership with the Fondation Carmignac, the Villa Carmignac, this exhibition space open to the public, was conceived in Porquerolles to showcase the collection and to host cultural and artistic activities. Cover photo: Eric Valli 3 2. Édouard Carmignac - President If Fondation Carmignac has one guiding principle, it is that of “Liberté” [freedom]. As an antidote to conformity and convention, I glance over my shoulder at my partners and friends Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat or Roy Lichtenstein. Their revolutionary diversions, which have now become universal codes, are an obvious source of inspiration and energy: a constant call for self-criticism, vigilance and insight. Having passionately put together a collection over the last twenty years on my company premises, I was inspired by the discovery of Porquerolles to create a place that is open to all. This endeavour also reflects my deep desire to make a bigger commitment to contemporary art – engage with artists by exhibiting them in a preserved and unique environment; engage with the public, by creating the ideal conditions for encounters and explorations. A project that spans an entire lifetime, on a human scale, is about to see the light of day; the promise of a voyage that is poised to become reality, an adventure that acquires its meaning when it is shared. _ Édouard Carmignac is the Founder and President of the Carmignac company, specialized in asset management. After spending his childhood Photo: Matthieu Salvaing in Peru, he studied economics in Paris and graduated from Columbia University. He has been collecting contemporary art since the early 1980s, after coming into contact with the New York art scene. 3. Charles Carmignac - Director An island is always an elsewhere. Here, by crossing over to the other side, we move away from the world, in order to better immerse ourselves in it. Porquerolles confronts us with some key questions. Both a National Park and a crowded site, the island puts into question mankind and its presence in the world. Fondation Carmignac chose that delicately balanced elsewhere as a place to share its collection, one that consists of sharp, free, and inspired visions of the contemporary world. A vision is a way of seeing things; it is also a way of looking ahead; and it is, finally, the sudden and mysterious appearance of a mental image. Photo: Matthieu Salvaing These three types of vision, shared on Porquerolles island, may have the power to transform the gaze of those crossing them. That is the purpose of our project. _ Charles Carmignac, a 40-year-old entrepreneur engaged in artistic and environmental pursuits, has launched a number of projects in journalism, communications and the arts, following his studies at ESCP and Sciences Po Paris. He was also a composer and a band member of Moriarty for 20 years. He took over the management of the Fondation in January 2017 to focus on the opening of the site on Porquerolles island, on 2nd June 2018. 4 1 4. The Carmignac Collection The Collection, presented and shared since its creation inside the company’s offices, celebrates American art from the 1960s to the 1980s, with iconic works by Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and Jean-Michel Basquiat. The 20th and 21st centuries are surveyed with the incisive or more contemplative visions of Gerhard Richter, Willem de Kooning, Martial Raysse, Miquel Barceló or even Ed Ruscha, while the collection opens up new horizons with works by Zhang Huan, El Anatsui and those of the young emerging scene (Korakrit Arunanondchai, Theaster Gates…). Finally, photography and photojournalism complete this singular panorama, reflecting a personal history made of encounters and shared life moments. 2 1 2 3 4 Martial Raysse Jean-Michel Basquiat Andy Warhol – Mao, 1973 Gerhard Richter Ulysse, why do you come so late poor fool, 1966 Fallen Angel, 1981 Synthetic polymer paint and silkscreen Grüner Strich (Green Stroke), 1982 Acrylic and flocking on canvas - 12 panels Acrylic on canvas - 167.5 x 198 x 3 cm ink on canvas – 127 x 107 cm Oil on canvas - 200 x 320 cm de 50 x 65 x 2,5 cm chacun (390 x 160 cm) © Collection Carmignac / The estate © Collection Carmignac / The Andy Warhol © Collection Carmignac / © Collection Carmignac /Adagp, Paris 2017 of Jean Michel Basquiat/Adagp, Paris 2017 Foundation for the visual Arts. Inc. /Adagp, Paris 2017 Gerhard Richter 2017 5 LIST OF ARTISTS IN THE COLLECTION • AES + F • Joe Goode • Yan Pei-Ming • Doug Aitken • Douglas Gordon • Pierre et Gilles • El Anatsui • Eberhard Grames • Vincente Pimentel • Sigurdur Arni Sigurdsson • Deniz Gul • Afshin Pirhashemi • Korakrit Arunanondchai • Andreas Gursky • Paulo Nimer Pjota • Ayman Baalbaki • Robin Hammond • Liliana Porter • Lee Bae • Keith Haring • Alex Prager • John Baldessari • Jenny Holzer • Richard Prince • François-Marie Banier • Zhang Huan • Walid Raad • Miquel Barceló • Xiaoliang Huang • Carl Randall • Jean-Michel Basquiat • Fabrice Hyber • Martial Raysse • Anne-Catherine Becker-Echivard • Jus Juchtmans • Gerhard Richter • Valérie Belin • Wu Junyong • Herb Ritts • Massimo Berruti • Yevgeni Khaldei • Susan Rothenberg • Jeremy Blake • William Klein • Miguel Rothschild • Alighiero Boetti • Yves Klein • Sterling Ruby • Olaf Breuning • Jeff Koons • Thomas Ruff • Ryan Brown • Josef Koudelka • Edward Ruscha • Alexander Calder • Guillermo Kuitca • Lizzie Sadin • Maurizio Cattelan • Oleg Kulik • Hervé Saint-Hélier • Francesco Clemente • David LaChapelle • Makoto Saito • Andres Compagnucci • Rosemary Laing • Hans-Christian Schink • Georges Condo • Dinh Q. Lê • Tazio Secchiaroli • Nicola Costantino • David Levinthal • Leang Seckon • Arturo Cuenca • Roy Lichtenstein • Cindy Sherman • Felix Curto • Peter Lindbergh • Kazuo Shiraga • Lottie Davies • Marcos Lopez • David Spiller • Philippe De Gobert • Isaac Lythgoe • Hanibal Srouji • Willem de Kooning • Marchand & Meffre • Newsha Tavakolian • Anne Deniau • Edgar Martins • Yann Toma • Marlene Dumas • Sergey Maximishin • Marjan Teeuwen • Ed van der Elsken • Adam McEwen • Li Tianbing • Elger Esser • Jin Meyerson • Günther Uecker • Liam Everett • Eman Mohammed • Vanessa von Zitzewitz • Garry Fabian Miller • Davide Monteleone • Andy Warhol • Urs Fischer • Horst Münch • Bradford Washburn • Bernard Frize • Yoshimoto Nara • Chen Wei • Theaster Gates • Shirin Neshat • Kai Wiedenhöfer • Os Gêmeos • Xavier Noiret-Thomé • Pavel Wolberg • Christophe Gin • Albert Oehlen • Christopher Wool • Jack Goldstein • Marilène Oliver • Junyong Wu • Artia Golestani • Martin Parr • Russel Young • Wayne Gonzales • Philippe Pasqua 3 4 6 POINTE DU LEQUIN PISTE DE NOTRE DAME CHEMIN DU STADE SÉMAPHORE FONDATION CARMIGNAC CHEMIN DES VIGNES 5. The inner island It is a dual journey, both physical and mental, one that lies at the border and marked by several thresholds. - The other side: The visit begins with the crossing. The visitor leaves the continent, and sails off to an island. The mental journey begins at that point. - The walk: Arriving at the port, there are 680 steps Photo: Adrien Chevrot to take; the body drifts aimlessly, in the ancient and mystical sense of the term, as if in a quest to solve a mystery. - The forest: Porquerolles is a Mediterranean forest in the middle of the sea. The journey starts and ends with the forest. An inner landscape whose etymolo- gical meaning is: “in the distance.” The Fondation is nestled at the foot of the forest. Photo: Patricio Estay 7 Sketch of the inner island - The ticket office: It is a threshold. Visits are limited to 50 people per half-hour. That way, it is possible to find oneself alone in front of an artwork. Open from 10 a.m. until sunset. - The villa: At the heart of a national park, on a listed site; new constructions are not authorized on the land.