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THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCLE
NEWSLETTER
MARCH/APRIL 2019
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The International Circle is delighted to announce its latest new venture : a series of talks, aptly named the Waterfront Talks,
which we are organising in partnership with the Camargo Foundation, the
Institute for Advanced Study of Marseille (IMéRA) and the Institute for
American Universities. Our three partners each welcome scholars who
work on their projects whilst resident here in Provence.
We are pleased to welcome our first two speakers from the Camargo Foundation in March and April.
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Jill Jarvis
is assistant
professor in the Department of French at Yale University and specialist
in the aesthetics and politics of North Africa, will discuss her
latest work on the Sahara as a site of material, intellectual and
linguistic exchanges.
March 27th from 2:30 to 4:00 pm at the Mucem.
Learn more about Jill Jarvis here.
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Belma Bas
is a Turkish filmmaker based in Istanbul. Her debut short film Poyraz (Boreas) premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006. Her first feature-length film, Zefir achieved its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival in 2010, and her work at Camargo will include making its sequel.
April 24th from 2:30 to 4:00 pm at the Mucem.
Learn more about Belma Bas here.
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The Waterfront Talks are open to International Circle members and Amis du Mucem only.
Reservations and information: internationalcircle@amisdumucem.org
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Jean Dubuffet, Le Déchiffreur, 1977©Adagp, Paris, 2018©MAMC Saint Etinne Metropole, C. Cauvet
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JEAN DUBUFFET – A Barbarian in Europe
24 April – 2 September 2019
As
elusive as he was controversial, Jean Dubuffet dauntingly
challenged the art and culture of the post World War II era by
constantly reinventing the boundaries of creativity and its thoughts
pattern. This exhibition sheds light on how Jean Dubuffet's
research and analysis on l'Art Brut is represented in his work. You will
discover 290 pieces from some of the largest European collections.
Read more about the exhibition
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THE FOREST
Pedro Cabrita Reis
Through 30 April 2019
This exhibition
is entitled "The Forest", a sculpture by the Portuguese artist Pedro
Cabrita Reis created especially for the Mucem. The 253
structures made of concrete, iron and wood conjure up
anthropomorphic resonances that are perceptible behind a possible
(and necessarily ambiguous) reference to the outline of tree trunks. Is
it a forest, a crowd, or something else...?
Read more about the exhibition here.
To learn more about the artist
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The ongoing "Connectivities" exhibition (through end November 2020) tells
the story of the great Mediterranean port cities (Istanbul, Algiers,
Venice, Genoa, Seville and Lisbon), all strategic points of power and
trade at the birth of the modern era. The shipwreck discoveries alone provide early proof of their strong commercial links beyond the Mediterranean.
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In
this Newsletter we are presenting four Asian museums, two of
which are part of the WFFM (World Federation of Friends of
Museums). These museums have organized special exhibitions
of objects recovered from shipwrecks that not only testify to the
ingenuity of the artists and merchants of the time, but also show the
distances the world's consumers would cover to obtain such commodities.
Read about "Connectivities" here.
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THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF KOREA Seoul
The
National Museum of Korea has put on display 180 black-glazed
porcelain works it has collected from
the remains of a sunken trade ship found off the waters
of Sinan. The theme of the exhibition includes the relationship
between the black-glazed works, tea-drinking traditions and the changes
over time in the use of tea bowls.
Read more here.
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THE PALACE MUSEUM
Beijing, China
The
discovery of the ancient Antikythera Shipwreck still fascinates both
experts and the public. This exhibition from the National
Archaeological Museum of Greece includes more than 350
artefacts discovered off the island of Antikythera,
including the "Antikythera Youth" (pictured here), the bronze
statue of the “Philosopher of Antikythera”, and the "Antikythera
Mechanism" – the first known calculating machine. This exhibition has been shown in Beijing for the past year and is closing soon.
Discover the exhibition here
The Palace Museum
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ASIAN CIVILISATION MUSEUM
Singapore
1100
years ago, an Arab ship bearing 60,000 ceramics produced in China
during the Tang dynasty (618–907), and luxurious objects of gold and
silver bound for Iran and Iraq, set sail from Canton and sank off
the shores of Sumatra. It remained untouched until it was discovered by
chance in 1998.
Discover the exhibition here.
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THE SHIPWRECK MUSEUM
Hastings, UK
The
Shipwreck Museum, set in the Old Town of Hastings, has artefacts from
many ships wrecked in the English Channel, from the Goodwin Sands in
Kent to Pevensey Bay in East Sussex, including the Amsterdam, a Dutch East Indiaman of 1749, the Anne of 1690, and the Charles II warship.
Read "Wreck of the Week" here
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THE ECA PROGRAM
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Excavating Contemporary Archeology in Belgium with AIR Antwerpen
Excavating
Contemporary Archaeology is a European Cooperation
Project (an initiative of Kunsthalle Aarhus) where
contemporary artists are invited to explore the rich and diverse
European Cultural Heritage. They are encouraged to create original
works in order to inspire the coming generations with new
perspectives on culture, art, history and identity.
Read more on the ECA project in Belgium here.
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Click here to learn more about the Friends of the Mucem!
You may join us here.
Contact: internationalcircle@amisdumucem.org
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