The troglodytic houses of the Château des Baux-de-Provence open up to contemporary art by welcoming the École Supérieure d’Art d’Avignon.
The Château reaffirms its commitment to contemporary creation and support for artists by inaugurating new exhibition spaces within this exceptional heritage site: the troglodytic houses.
These unique spaces, shaped by erosion and carrying centuries of memory, will now be dedicated to showcasing contemporary works created by students and associated artists.
Called Anachronistic Exhibitions, these artistic encounters will offer an unprecedented dialogue between heritage and creation, between traces of the past and contemporary perspectives.
First exhibition: Fontaine(s)
Alain Leonesi / Associated Artist, ESAA (École Supérieure d’Art d’Avignon)
With Fontaine(s), Alain Leonesi ventures into the slippery terrain of water. At the Château des Baux, and more specifically within these troglodytic dwellings, the memory of water storage is preserved through cisterns carved directly into the stone.
Inspired by this theme, the artist created Fontaine(s) as an installation, reusing pre-existing objects (tubs, basins, buckets, soup tureens…).
He designed a handmade mechanical assembly (assemble/disassemble) that explores all the possibilities of DIY—materials, tools, and gestures.