La Provence – 10.7.17
Miramas: the brand village honours Rodin Monday 10/07/2017
The exhibition "Rodin and his contemporaries" is held until September 9
Michela Frattini and Edward Horswell are next to the bust of Victor Hugo by sculptor Rodin. PHOTO CH.L.
This is the first time that a centre of the McArthurGlen group hosts an exhibition of this level, says Michela Frattini, director of the Provence centre. The group's founder, JW Kaempfer Jr, is a passionate collector of art, particularly from the late 19th and early 20th century, when sculpture took a new impetus to change the view. On the occasion of the centenary of the death of Auguste Rodin, he initiated this exhibition with works by Rodin and his contemporaries, founders of modern sculpture, "she explains. Edward Horswell, curator of this exhibition, strove to show the audience the energy, theatricality and emotion of Rodin, while highlighting his influence on the work of his contemporaries and followers.
In addition to the 8 works by Rodin, 14 other sculptures are exhibited by Joseph Bernard, Aristide Maillol, Joseph Csaky, Franรงois Pompon, Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, Robert Wlerick and Rembrandt Bugatti. All these sculptures come from private collections, rarely exhibited. Christophe Deshayes, General Manager McArthurGlen, oversees the 10 centres of the United Kingdom, Belgium and France " Provence is a new generation centre, with authenticity, true Provenรงal village, art with the wall of vegetation of Patrick Blanc and Nic Fiddian Green's horse's head at the entrances to the centre, the underground gallery to highlight the Mediterranean designers and today the exhibition Rodin ", he confides."Here we have a different centre, there is fashion and art. We want to make art accessible to the public, the exhibition is open at the same time as the centre ", adds Michela Frattini. The village McArthurGlen Provence is open from 10 am to 9 pm, every day in July, closed Sunday in August.