NEWSLETTER
NOVEMBER 2009
   

INDOC. Documentation Centre about Art and Nature
     
 

10th Lyon Biennial of Contemporary Art

  
 

Since 16 September the French city of Lyon and nearby communities have been flooded with works created by over 60 artists from around the world. Under the title ‘The Spectacle of the Everyday’, the aim of the Biennale de Lyon is to invite people to think about the why of art. The event will run till 3 January.

  
 

This year's edition of the Biennale de Lyon, an event first held 20 years ago, is curated by Hou Hanru, who was also responsible for the 2007 Istanbul Biennale and others held in Shanghai, Tirana, Guangzhou and Gwangju over his lengthy career.

Two of the nearly 70 artists taking part in the event – Eulalia Valdosera and Dora García – are from Spain. Participating artists have oriented their works around five pillars: The Magic of Things, Celebrating the Drift, Living Together, Another World is Possible, and Veduta.

 ‘The Magic of Things’ is made up of the work of artists who orient everyday objects and situations towards new horizons to raise social, historical and political questions.

‘Celebrating the Drift’ focuses on artists who participate in urban spaces and create forms of art that resist order and spatial constraints.

 ‘Living Together’ explores the dialogue between the city and its communities.

 ‘Another World is Possible’ gives the floor to artists who take a critical look at reality.

 ‘Veduta’ invites artists to reside in outlying neighbourhoods where many local residents are immigrants and have witnessed historical events.

 

 

Biennale venues
La Sucrière

Les Docks, 47/49 quai Rambaud,
69002 Lyon

 Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon

81 quai Charles de Gaulle,
69006 Lyon

 Fondation Bullukian

26 Place Bellecour,
69002 Lyon

 L’Entrepôt Bichat

5 Rue Bichat,
69002 Lyon
 

More information and contact

Biennale de Lyon

3 rue du Président Edouard Herriot
69001 Lyon
France

Tel: +33(0)4 72 07 41 41

E-mail: info@biennale-de-lyon.org

Source: texts, CDAN. Photo at top of page: Sophie Dejode and Bertrand Lacombe, Off the Wall, 2009. Courtesy of the artists. With the collaboration of Placoplatre. Photo by Zacharie Roy. Photo at bottom of page: Mingwei Lee, The Moving Garden, detail, 2009. Courtesy of the artist and Lombard-Freid Projects, New York. Photo by Blaise Adilon.

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