Discovery of the exhibition Aam Aastha by photographer Charles Fréger

Name: Discovery of the exhibition Aam Aastha by photographer Charles Fréger
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Château des ducs de Bretagne

Following a series of trips to India, Charles Fréger presents 90 unpublished photographs. They reveal spectacular portraits of men and women, transformed into Indian deities.

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Free entry

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Following a series of trips to India, Charles Fréger presents 90 unpublished photographs. They reveal surprising portraits of men and women, transformed into Indian deities. The photographic project AAM AASTHA by Charles Fréger is part of the continuation of his research on masquerades in the world The exhibition is open access. The mediation team offers introductions to discover the exhibition, between 10h30 and 16h30 (duration 15mn approximately)

About the location

Château des ducs de Bretagne

4, Place Marc Elder, 44000 Nantes

Loire-Atlantique
Pays de la Loire

Built between 1465 and 1500 by Francis II and then by his daughter Duchess Anne, the castle replaces a fortress of the thirteenth century whose only survives a polygonal tower called Old Keep. Flanked by stocky and oversized towers, covered in terrace and equipped with low machicolations, the enclosure is characteristic of the transformations imposed on traditional medieval architecture by the use of heavy artillery. In the courtyard, the Grand Logis and the Tower of the Golden Crown have, since 1500, a transition ornamentation between the flamboyant Gothic and the Renaissance, while the other buildings (Small and Grand Government, Harnachement) testify to the continuous use of the castle between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. They house a large museum of history of Nantes and the Nantes country. The impressive restoration of the castle marks the visitor who enters the courtyard. Once pushed through the doors of the Grand Logis, it is equally appreciated inside the 32 rooms wh