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CAPC musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux, formerly the Centre d'arts plastiques contemporains (CAPC), is a museum of modern art established in 1973 in
The museum is housed in the ''Entrepôt Lainé'', a former warehouse for colonial goods (sugar, coffee, cocoa, cotton, spices and oils) which were then re-exported to northern Europe by Bordeaux merchants.
The warehouse was built in 1824 by the architect Claude Deschamps, known for the construction of the ''Pont de pierre'' of Bordeaux. It is built of brick, stone and wood in a style inspired by italian architecture.
There are two grand naves that are reminiscent of the Roman basilicas and that are used to present temporary exhibitions.
The building was restored by the architects Denis Valode and Jean Pistre in the 1980s, the second project that this architectural team had undertaken.
Their treatment was unusual for the time, emphasizing shadows and depth.
The designer
In 1983 the institution became the ''CAPC Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux'' (Bordeaux Museum of Contemporary Art).
The museum was formally opened on 17 May 1984.
During the 1980s the museum put on many exhibitions and events, and also arranged exhibitions in California, Spain and then throughout Europe and Japan with the exhibition of the Sonnabend Collection.
American artist
CAPC-Bordaux website
Bordeaux
Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefect ...
, France.
Building
The museum is housed in the ''Entrepôt Lainé'', a former warehouse for colonial goods (sugar, coffee, cocoa, cotton, spices and oils) which were then re-exported to northern Europe by Bordeaux merchants.
The warehouse was built in 1824 by the architect Claude Deschamps, known for the construction of the ''Pont de pierre'' of Bordeaux. It is built of brick, stone and wood in a style inspired by italian architecture.
There are two grand naves that are reminiscent of the Roman basilicas and that are used to present temporary exhibitions.
The building was restored by the architects Denis Valode and Jean Pistre in the 1980s, the second project that this architectural team had undertaken.
Their treatment was unusual for the time, emphasizing shadows and depth.
The designer Andrée Putman
Andrée Putman (23 December 1925 – 19 January 2013) was a French interior and product designer.
She was the mother of Olivia Putman and of Cyrille Putman.
Life and work Childhood and youth (1925–1944)
Andrée Christine Aynard was bor ...
renovated the interior.
The Café Putman, named after the decorator, has a minimalist decor of metal, concrete and natural materials such as teak and wicker.
It has a terrace.
Since 1981, the building also hosts Arc en rêve centre d'architecture, association that organises exhibitions and knowledge exchange about architecture, urban development, landscape and design.
''Centre d'arts plastiques contemporains''
In 1965 Roger Lafosse created the Sigma Festival in Bordeaux, an avant-garde festival of visual and performance arts. In 1973 he installed Sigma in the ''Entrepôt Lainé''. The ''Centre d'Arts Plastiques Contemporains'' (CAPC) was founded by Jean-Louis Froment. In 1973 CAPC held its first contemporary art exhibition called ''Regarder ailleurs'' (Look Elsewhere). By 1974 CAPC had moved into the warehouse. The first exhibitions included artists such asGina Pane
Gina Pane (Biarritz, May 24, 1939 – Paris, March 6, 1990) was a French artist of Italian origins. She studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 1960 to 1965 and was a member of the 1970s Body Art movement in France, called "Art corpo ...
, Andy Warhol
Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the Art movement, visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore th ...
and Christian Boltanski
Christian Liberté Boltanski (6 September 1944 – 14 July 2021) was a French sculptor, photographer, painter, and film maker. He is best known for his photography installations and contemporary French Conceptual art, conceptual style.
Early li ...
.
They quickly established the venue as one of the leading places dedicated to contemporary visual arts.
Two theater companies joined Sigma and CAPC, as well as the architecture center ''Arc en rêve''.
CAPC presented new avant-garde work in group exhibitions, and was gradually discovered by the public.
''Musée d'art contemporain''
In 1983 the institution became the ''CAPC Musée d'art contemporain de Bordeaux'' (Bordeaux Museum of Contemporary Art).
The museum was formally opened on 17 May 1984.
During the 1980s the museum put on many exhibitions and events, and also arranged exhibitions in California, Spain and then throughout Europe and Japan with the exhibition of the Sonnabend Collection.
American artist Keith Haring
Keith Allen Haring (May 4, 1958 – February 16, 1990) was an American artist whose pop art emerged from the New York City graffiti subculture of the 1980s. His animated imagery has "become a widely recognized visual language". Much of his wor ...
had a major exhibition in the museum in 1985, creating a series of ten large paintings, ''The Ten Commandments'', to fit exactly the nave of the museum building. The ten paintings have since been displayed at various other locations. Haring did leave the museum a mural painting inside the elevator shaft.
In 1990 the CAPC Musée and the ''arc en rêve'' architecture center occupied the entire warehouse, which was reopened after renovations in June 1990.
In the years that followed the museum has steadily added to its collection, with assistance from the state.
The focus was enlarged from Europe and North America to cover work from Asia, South America and emerging countries.
In 2003 the museum was designated a National Museum of France.
The CAPC museum presents permanent exhibitions of its collection and organizes large temporary exhibitions on specific themes.
It often features artists who work in the Bordeaux region. Since 2000 the museum has frequently been used for exhibitions of music, architecture, cinema, literature or design, and has often put on exhibitions of popular art.
Directors
*Jean-Louis Froment, 1973–1996 *Henry-Claude Cousseau, assisted by Marie-Laure Bernadac, 1997–2000 *Maurice Fréchuret, 2001–2006 *Charlotte Laubard, 2006-2013 *María Inés Rodríguez 2014-2018 *Sandrine Patron 2019-CurrentLinks
CAPC-Bordaux website
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