Sacrées Montagnes Sacrées (english)

SACRÉES, MONTAGNES SACRÉES – Le musée traversé, Orient <> Occident

 

Exhibition march 29 to octobre 28 2018

Opening march 29 at 6pm free entrance.

Curated by Michel Giroud

 

What are the connections between Zen or Tibetan Buddhism and the artistic avant-gardes of the XXth century in the West? This exhibition attempts to answer this question by drawing a parallel between works of art by modern and contemporary artists and archival objects from the Alexandra David-Neel collection.

 

Alexandra David-Neel explored the East on horseback between the 19th and 20th century, she was also an orientalist and an outstanding writer: her collection is serve as a reference to get acquainted with Buddhist culture.

 

In resonance with Buddhist philosophies, the works on display reach out, in a similar spirit, through coincidences and crossings of experiences, to a state of detachment and the road to emptiness. The mountain becomes the peak of this spiritual crossing, a symbol made sacred by the beliefs and representations of human societies.

 

SACRÉES, MONTAGNES SACRÉES, is an exhibition that is meant to be discovered from the Opening on March 29, with the presence of the curator. The performance by Richard Piegza Perpetuum mobile will liven up the evening.

 

This operation has received the label « Le musée sort de ses murs » given by the: Ministère de la Culture, Direction générale des patrimoines and Service des Musées de France.

On this basis it gains the benefit of a financial support from the State.

Sacred Mountain Sacred

COLLECTIVE ARTISTIC EXHIBITION 29.03 > 28.10 2018