01 June 2024 -
06 October 2024
Douglas Gordon, Self-Portrait of You + Me (Greta Garbo), 2006 © Studio lost but found / Adagp, Paris 2024 / photo Franck Couvreur
Gallifet presents a selection of works from the collection of Yvon Lambert. He began collecting in the 1960s with works that were deeply rooted in the American and European avant-garde, a testimony to a time when artists were continually seeking new horizons. They express a quest for liberty through bold explorations of the limits to artistic expression.
By propelling art where it had never dared to go before and highlighting the hidden poetry of everyday life, the artists of the collection shift our gaze toward aspects of reality that we do not always see. They remind us of the importance of questioning the barriers that confine and limit us in our personal fulfillment.
This exhibition, conceived and organized by the Collection Lambert and Gallifet, is an invitation to break down these barriers, be they geographic, personal or artistic. It transports us beyond boundaries - from the United States to Europe – all the while exposing us to a new and open form of artistic expression where the subjects of everyday life are approached with an indisputable freshness.
The artists that have featured in the collection for more than 60 years, such as Sol LeWitt, Robert Barry, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon and Jenny Holzer share the ability to speak from our life experiences and invite us to explore the depths of our common humanity.
As we cross over, we not only discover new artistic perspectives, we also commit ourselves to an inner journey, a reflection on what holds us back, and the obstacles we must overcome to find our true freedom. The rooms of the exhibition reveal artworks of the past sixty years that encourage us to reflect on the place of the human figure in artistic representation. If the human body disappeared from the traditional method of artistic representation in the 1960s, it was in order to help us to better understand the experience of looking at art, both physically and mentally. Later on, when the human form reappears in photography, video and painting, it is to better tell of the crossed fates of our lives through the spaces and times that we share.
“Passe-Muraille” is therefore far more than a simple exhibition of artworks: it is a call for emancipation, a cry for the recognition of the very essence of what makes us who we are and our most noble aspirations. As expressed in the short story of the same name by the writer Marcel Aymé: “He felt from within himself a need for expansion, a growing desire to fulfil and surpass himself, and a certain nostalgia that was something like a call from behind the wall.”
We invite you to explore the collection with the same open mind and sense of curiosity, while allowing your imagination to run free. In doing so, you will initiate a journey towards liberty and discovery, as Yvon Lambert did some 50 years ago.
Adel Abdessemed, Shusaku Arakawa, David Askevold, Miquel Barceló, Robert Barry, Christian Boltanski, Slater Bradley, Elina Brotherus, Stefan Brüggemann, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, François Halard, Jeppe Hein, Jenny Holzer, Anselm Kiefer, Bertrand Lavier, Louise Lawler, Quentin Lefranc, Sol LeWitt, Jill Magid, Jonathan Monk, Giulio Paolini, Niele Toroni, Salla Tykkä, Lawrence Weiner.
Curator: Stéphane Ibars
This exhibition is a collaboration between the Collection Lambert and Gallifet.
Open from Tuesday to Sunday from noon to 6pm.
For further information please contact: expositions@gallifet.com
Standard entry: 6 €
Reduced entry (available for the unemployed and students): 4 €
Free entry with the Aix-en-Provence City Pass and for children under 12.
Tickets can be purchased at reception.
Advanced booking required only for guided tours.
Guided tours
On Wednesdays
From 4 to 5pm in French
From 5 to 6pm in English
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With the support of:
Emile Garcin Propriétés
&
Mercadier
