In 1965, the first public photography collection at a French fine arts museum was created. It was in Arles, at the Musée Réattu. Jean-Maurice Rouquette, a curator, and the photographer Lucien Clergue dared to put together an avant-garde project which would result in the Rencontres d’Arles, the Ecole Nationale de la Photographie, and the recognition of photography in France. The Summer 2015 exhibition celebrates the path they took, offering a look back at the sources of this singular collection of 400 prints chosen by photographers and collectors.
The 2015 exhibition celebrates the progress made since then and takes us back to the beginnings of this unique collection’s remarkable history that now has 5000 prints. The ever-increasing expansion of this department has consumed the museum’s identity and calls for an appraisal through a selection of 200 photographs which express the state of a mutating art in an exhibition driven by a fundamental question: What does photography bring to art?
EXHIBITION
In part of Rencontres d’Arles
Oser la Photographie
From July 4th, 2015 to January 3rd, 2016
Musée Réattu
10 Rue du Grand Prieuré
13200 Arles
France
8€
http://www.museereattu.arles.fr/
http://www.rencontres-arles.com
