Bordeaux, France
7 Rue Ferrere
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+33 556008150
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The restored museum building is impressive. The huge basilica-like ground level hall beautifully set with the 'drive-in' presentation. The permanent exhibition on the top floor is interesting and appealing to a non-fan of contemporary art :) The roof top is yet another powerful work of art strongly calling upon on collective memory.
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Beautiful building. Very interesting and intelligent set up of the exhibition. We had spent 2 hours without noticing-the time. Really a fascinating place.
Modern museum in a warehouse setting. CAPC museum is easy to miss, it's main door and building facade almost wants to stay unnoticed. However when you enter you will be surprised by the huge volume inside with vaulted archways and dark dramatic lighting, it's solemnity awakens the artist in you. A lot of the works are experimental and some a bit morbid it tries to provoke different emotions some good, some curious some scary some bad. This museum is best experienced as a small group of 3 where the only connection inside is between you and the works. It's not for everyone... There was also a section on Architecture when I visited.
This is an contemporary art museum, the tourist such doing a little study before they visiting the exhibition here.
The entrance was for 3 and it's free for students etc... the museum counts 3 levels which we were allowed to visit but were empty unfortunately.
Went for the Covid exhibition, it was interesting and captured my attention. Most of the exhibit features film however, there was also an exhibition on Irma Blank's work which I enjoyed. I would recommend a visit.
Free on the 1st Sunday of every month, except July and August. Blown away by the comics exhibitions upstairs (not sure if they’re temporary). Absolutely loved walking around and enjoying the building itself, especially the terrace area.
Though in a building that could be spectacular - think Punta della Dogana in Venice - the contents weren't great, at least on this visit. The ground floor area showed 'Navigation Charts', one of the main works for which Lubaina Himid was awarded the Turner Prize in 2017. I'd read about it and viewed images online, but not seen it in person before. It's disappointing. Elsewhere, in a somewhat rabbit-warren series of spaces, was a show curated from several regional museums. There was a preponderance of works featuring comic book imagery, a love the French share with the Japanese, but which leaves me cold. Other creations looked derivative of leading US artists. Richard Long makes an appearance with a pair of his hand-drawn mud circles on the walls of the top floor café, and a long pile of rocks on the roof terrace. Herein lies the dilemma for galleries like CAPC worldwide. On the one hand they can't (and shouldn't afford) to deck their halls with Gagosians, but on the other their local contemporary art scenes aren't producing the work they feel able to showcase. Having said that there was one quite interesting project on the way in. This was an audience participation work by architect Philippe Jacques and the plastic artist Karen Gerbier. There was no English language translation, but it seemed to be about gathering visitors' views on the future of buildings. Much as I loathe graffiti / 'street art' I have to admit that 'best in show' was the Keith Haring painted on the wall of the elevator shaft. Admission was 7 euros and it's a nice ten-minute walk getting there from Bordeaux old town.
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