MUSEE DE PICARDIE 48, Rue De La République, 80 000 AMIENS

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MUSEE DE PICARDIE 48, rue de la République, 80 000 AMIENS, SOMME, FRANCE [email protected] Call for Projects for young artists under 30 Portraits of Men in the Great War

“Face to face on the walls, men of yesterday and today works highlight how behind the war and slaughter, the noble youth of the world came to meet on the ground completely strange and hostilities foreign”

Présentation :

The Musée de Picardie is the Fine Art museum of the city of Amiens, situated in the Somme department, region Picardy, in the North of France. On the occasion of the celebration of the centenary of the First World War (1914-1918), the Musée de Picardie wish to pay a tribute to the soldiers of the ancient colonies who participated in the conflict. Joseph-Félix Bouchor, who was an official painter of the French army during the WWI, has painted some portraits of those soldiers who left their land to fight in the Somme. They are precious witnesses of the diversity of the communities who participated in the conflict.

As the Musée de Picardie is also involved in Contemporary art, it seemed relevant to ask young artists to propose an answer or a reaction to the portraits of their ancestors. We would like to exhibit portraits of young people in front of the paintings : to confront the ancient and the young. Those contemporary portraits must be short videos, showed in small screens in front of the paintings.

The exhibition: Title : Portraits of men during the First World War. This exhibition is organized in the frame of “The museum out of its storage, a joint operation Musée de Picardie- Le Safran since 2000. Place : cultural center Le Safran, Amiens, Picardy, France. Dates : May to July 2014 Artworks : paintings of J F Bouchor and 5 to 6 short videos (3’ minutes maximum) of contemporary artists.

This exhibition will be showed in other places in Picardy between September 2014 and 2018.

Calendrier :

February 2014: Outgoing Call for Projects The competition is open to young artists under thirty years March 31: Deadline for receipt of projects Early April: Meeting and validation projects by a jury of professionals in the artistic field From Tuesday, May 20: installation of the exhibition May 23, 2014: Opening of the exhibition Exhibition dates on Le Safran, Amiens, Picardy, France: May 23 to July 13, 2014 Roaming the excepted exposure from 2014 to 2018.

Artistic responses « Portraits of Men in the Great War » in response to portraits JF Bouchor must reach us : March 31 before midnight strict deadlines, accompanied by a Resume (curriculum vitae) attesting to the candidate’s registration in an artistic curriculum in the country Video in the international format AVI. or MPEG. Do not exceed 3 minutes Be posted digitally on the international serve WeTransfer to [email protected]

A trip to France (worth 1000€ about U.S. $ 1300) will be offered to the 5 awarded projects. The trip is a round-trip plane ticket to Picardy, France, between 2014 and 2018 and assistance for accommodation in Picardy.

For more information, contact MORGAN MAZURIER [email protected]

Musée de Picardie Amiens-Musées

List of Musée de Picardie Bouchor’s works:

1909  Dernières feuilles de la hêtraie (Les) [MP.576]  Sortie de messe [MP.1138]

1915  Portrait du Général Joffre [MP.1126]

1916  Avion de Guynemer à Cachy (L’) [MP.1094]  Baignade des chevaux dans l’Avre [MP.1096]  Boues de la Somme (Les) [MP.835]  Camp de prisonniers de Longueau (Le) [MP.1108]  Cavaliers anglais quittant le camp de Daours [MP.1110]  Eglise de Feuillères (L’) [MP.1112]  Eglise ruinée de Frise (L’) (Somme) [MP.1097]  Général Pouydraguin à la ferme de Monacu (Le) [MP.1098]  Lancier indien au camp de Daours [MP.1090]  Néozélandais et maori [MP.1113]  Portrait du Brigadier Général H.S.H. Earl of Athlone [MP.1119]  QG du général Fayolle à Maricourt (Au) [MP.1109]

1917  Australians 1st Anzac Corps [MP.1120]  Batterie britannique à Pozières [MP.1101]  Batterie britannique contre avion dans la Somme [MP.1121]  Convoi anglais sur l’Ancre [MP.1105]  Eglise d’Albert en mars 1917 (L’) [MP.1107]  Granny Howitzer de l’artillerie de marine royale anglaise [MP.1100]  Gare de Bapaume (La) [MP.1106]  Piper et sergent major [MP.1103]  Premiers Anzacs à Bapaume reconquise, le 19 mars 1917 (Les) [MP.836]  Portrait du Général Fayolle (1852-1928) [MP.1115]  Portrait du Lieutenant Général Sir Arthur Sloggett [MP.1117]  Portrait du lieutenant Général Sir Birdwood des Anzacs [MP.1116]  Soldats britanniques blessés à la ferme Mouquet [MP.1111]  Soldats britanniques déjeunant au bord de l’Ancre [MP.1099]  Soldats britanniques marchant sous la neige route de Pozières [MP.1102]  Soldats britanniques sur la route de Villers-Bretonneux [MP.1088]  Tank anglais sur le champ de bataille de Thiepval [MP.1104]

1918  Maison bombardée devant la cathédrale d’Amiens [MP.1089]  Portrait du poète italien d’Annunzio [MP.1139]

Visual arrays of Joseph-Félix Bouchor are visible in the document attached to the Call for Projects