«Modern Lovers», exhibition by Karina Bisch and Nicolas Chardon

Name: «Modern Lovers», exhibition by Karina Bisch and Nicolas Chardon
Start: 2022-09-16T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: MAC VAL - Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne

The exhibition «Modern Lovers» proposes a huge «living machine», in an original scenography between case, model and decor abolishing the border between art and life.

16 - 18 September 2022Passed

Modern Lovers

Exhibition of Karina Bisch and Nicolas Chardon until November 6, 2022

Karina Bisch and Nicolas Chardon each develop a singular work that is part of the utopian projects of the historical avant-garde of the early 20th century. They practice a scholarly and burlesque “painting to live on” at the same time. Their respective researches increase with four hands.
The exhibition at MAC VAL – Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne has fun with the idea of a pavilion: programmatic architectural follies of universal exhibitions, housing, standard, etc. and offers a huge «living machine», bringing together works of each other and common works in an original scenography between case, model and decor abolishing the border between art and life.
«Modern Lovers», exhibition by Karina Bisch and Nicolas Chardon at MAC VAL European Heritage Days at MAC VAL

About the location

MAC VAL - Musée d'art contemporain du Val-de-Marne

Place de la Libération 94400 Vitry-sur-Seine

Val-de-Marne
Île-de-France

The MAC VAL is the first museum to be exclusively devoted to contemporary art in France. The artistic policy of the museum is precisely defined: contemporary art in France, and is exercised in a perspective of influence in order to propose the discovery of the art of our time to all audiences. The meeting is at the heart of the MAC VAL project: a unique collection that shows a strong commitment to the inhabitants and that contributes to the identity of the territory. Certainly the identity of MAC VAL rests above all on a humanist vision of culture. This peculiarity of the museum is part of the national and international museum landscape, accompanying the artistic policy based on the historical anchoring of the collection in the 1950s and its prospective vision: report on the creation of today through the enrichment of the collection of existing works and commissions, invitations to artists. At the heart of the project of MAC VAL: the constitution, conservation and valorization of a con

Tags

Espace naturel, parc, jardin, Lieu de spectacles, sports et loisirs, Musée, salle d'exposition

Access

By car: RN 305 until Place de la Libération. By Metro: Line 7 direction Mairie d'Ivry or tram T3, stop Porte de Choisy. Then bus 183, stop Musée Mac-Val. Or Line 7 direction Villejuif/Louis Aragon, stop terminus. Then bus 180 direction Charenton-Ecole or 172 direction Créteil-Échat, stop Musée Mac-Val. Line 8 direction Créteil-Préfecture, stop liberty. Then bus 180 direction Villejuif/Louis Aragon-Stop Musée Mac-val. By RER: RER C: Station de Vitry-sur-Seine/ Bus 180 direction Villejuif-Louis Aragon, stop Musée Mac-Val. RER D: Maisons-Alfort train station – Alfortville / Bus 172 direction Bourg la Reine RER, Henri de Vilmorin stop.

photo David Merle