Cultural twins, Mayenne-Jesi, an artistic journey

Name: Binoculares culturales, Mayenne-Jesi, un viaje artístico
Start: 2022-09-17T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée du Château de Mayenne

This exhibition involves two cultural institutions: the Mayenne Castle Museum and the Jesi Civic Museums, with the support of the Centre d'art contemporain Le Kiosque de Mayenne.

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

Based on the heritage preserved in their respective museums and a study of all the elements that make up the identity of the two cities, 16 Italian and French artists were invited to reflect on certain themes that link Jesi and Mayenne. Through our landscapes and our artists, through photography, painting, sculpture and other artistic forms, this exhibition is a real artistic journey and continues to weave a common culture: the desire to go towards the other.

About the location

Musée du Château de Mayenne

Place Juhel, 53100

Mayenne
Pays de la Loire

Located between the border between Normandy and Brittany, Mayenne takes during the disintegration of the Carolingian empire a major importance which is concretized by the early construction (around 900) of a stone castle; it develops in the thirteenth century in a "lower courtyard" flanked by 12 towers and a fortified "high court" comprising a circular keep and a main building. Built from the 15th century according to the new needs of the artillery, the whole is backfilled in terrace and the towers partially arased in the 17th century. An interesting specimen of 13th-century military and residential architecture, Mayenne appears above all as a major archaeological site, with the recent discovery of the Carolingian building partially elevated in the high courtyard; a site museum (crypt) presents these different aspects. M.O. Mandy (2002). It is only in 1993 that renovation works bring out arcades of Carolingian bricks and finally lift the veil on the mystery of the origins of the Castle