Lyon Contemporary Art Biennial addresses modernity
- 9 years ago
The Lyon contemporary art biennial, now a must-see event on the contemporary art scene, is open.
For this 13th edition under the theme “La vie moderne”, 60 artists from 30 different countries are offering visitors their personal view of the world with all its contradictions.
Ralph Rugoff, director of London’s Hayward Gallery, is the curator: “We know, obviously, that there is a big difference between information, which we are bombarded by all the of time, and meaning.
“A lot of information can be meaningless and art is really about creating possibilities for new meanings, and that is something that happens with the audience: it’s a dance, it’s a conversation. But artists, I think, one of the strengths of art in our culture is that it is a place where meanings can be generated,” he tells euronews correspondent Wolfgang Spindler.
Rugoff has taken on the challenge laid out by the biennial’s artistic director, Thierry Raspail, who instructed him to shape his curatorial vision ar
For this 13th edition under the theme “La vie moderne”, 60 artists from 30 different countries are offering visitors their personal view of the world with all its contradictions.
Ralph Rugoff, director of London’s Hayward Gallery, is the curator: “We know, obviously, that there is a big difference between information, which we are bombarded by all the of time, and meaning.
“A lot of information can be meaningless and art is really about creating possibilities for new meanings, and that is something that happens with the audience: it’s a dance, it’s a conversation. But artists, I think, one of the strengths of art in our culture is that it is a place where meanings can be generated,” he tells euronews correspondent Wolfgang Spindler.
Rugoff has taken on the challenge laid out by the biennial’s artistic director, Thierry Raspail, who instructed him to shape his curatorial vision ar