“HÉRI[T]AGES” exhibition

AR[T]SENAL CENTRE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN - DREUX

May - September 2018

Héritages will bring together at the ar[T]senal, a group of works by established and emerging contemporary artists, in a dialogue with pieces from the classical art collection of the Musée d'art et d'histoire de Dreux. This exhibition was conceived as an introduction to the language of contemporary art through a classical visual vocabulary. It will bring together works by contemporary artists who are highly regarded in the art world. Sculptures, paintings, art objects, frescoes and installations will be linked to the classical or decorative art canons, either for their support or for their context of creation. The curatorial choice of this exhibition does not aim to classify the "good artists" in relation to the "bad artists" of the 19th century, but rather to take us on a journey through the framework of "true art" dictated by urban legend. This project will give us the opportunity to see a resolutely contemporary exhibition, laborious and loaded with sensitive and intelligible content on our society, a subject as present in the mentalities of the artists of our century as those of their peers. It is a way for ar[T]senal to change the way people think about contemporary art and to integrate the contemporary scene into the very heart of the logical development of art history.