CÉCILE BART EXHIBITION AT THE CHAGALL MUSEUM

22 MAY - 30 AUGUST 2021

Since 2002, the national museums of the XX^th century of the Alpes-Maritimes have inscribed contemporary creation at the heart of their artistic and cultural project, working on the meeting points and extension points between the three tutelary figs and emblematic of the artistic avant-gardes that are Marc Chagall (1887-1985), Fernand Léger (1881-1955) and Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) and the artists of the^XXI century. Cécile Bart's exhibition is part of this series of invitations and resonates with the Marc Chagall exhibition, Le passeur de lumière ,dedicated to the painter's stained glass windows and which will be held from September 18, 2021 to January 10, 2022.

A carte blanche was offered to the artist: painter of light, color and movement, Cécile Bart exhibits a series of pieces, most of which were specially designed for the occasion. Playing with the spaces of the museum, she installs her works, both rigorous and delicate, some thought in counterpoint to the monumental creations of Marc Chagall, in particular the stained glass windows of La Création du Monde,bathed in its blue light the concert hall.

The title of his exhibition, Je suis bleue, is a feminized borrowing from an emblematic phrase by Marc Chagall who identified with this color. In addition to the blues of the great colorist, Cécile Bart notably focused her attention on the infinite subtleties of the palette of the Vitebsk painter, on the rich transparencies of his stained glass windows but also on the many weightless characters present in the paintings of the master. Cécile Bart takes up the challenge of echoing certain aspects of Marc Chagall's work, without leaving the field of abstraction.

This exhibition was organized with the help of the Centre de Création Contemporaine Olivier Debré,in Tours, the Frac Franche-Comté,in Besançon, and the Catherine Issert gallery,in Saint-Paul-de-Vence.

Exhibition open every day, except Tuesdays, December 25th and January^1st.
From May 2nd to October 31st: from 10am to 6pm
From November^1st to April 30th: from 10am to 5pm

Ticket sales stop 30 minutes before the museum closes.

The entrance ticket includes access to the permanent collection and a multilingual audio guide.

Exposure rates
Full price: 10 €
Reduced rate : 8 €
Groups (from 10 people): 8,50 €