SUMMER EXHIBITION
THE COLOURS OF ARCHITECTURE
DOMAINE DE BOISBUCHET
This exhibition explores the use of color in architecture from the caves of Lascaux to contemporary urban graffiti.
The world is full of colour and each colour has its own character. For that matter, what role does a grey of concrete play, when we are building our own world?
Colours have always been of great importance for architecture. Especially in times of upheaval with changing concepts and tastes it becomes apparent that we perceive them as signals, charged with emotion and individuality. That is why the identity of our architecture inevitably shows in its colours, and be it those of the soils and stones used for construction.
The Domaine de Boisbuchet is a laboratory of design, located on the border of two geological formations with different minerals. And looking at Nouvelle-Aquitaine, the colours of the earth are even more varied. The region bears prominent witness to the whole range of historical layers on which we have created our living environment – from the Lascaux Cave to the comics on the facades of Angoulême.
In 2024, France celebrates the ‘birth’ of Impressionism 150 years ago – an artistic style that expresses the French way of living like no other: light, refined and yet linked to the terroir. But first and foremost, the Impressionists opened our eyes to nature and to seeing itself, showing that we have to put aside our grey-tinted glasses in order to see how colourful the world is.
22 June to 22 September 2024
Curating: Mathias Schwartz-Clauss with Guillermo Gil Fernández
Assistance in realisation: Alexander von Vegesack, Pablo Sevilla Alonso, Bernardo Sandoval, Camille Fourié, Franca Spielmann, Eric Orvain, Jane Corbett, Serge Mauduit
Mounting: Paul Eaton, Julie Eaton, Hugo Guénand Dalby, Pau Redó
Scenography: Mathias Schwartz-Clauss
Texts: Mathias Schwartz-Clauss, Guillermo Gil Fernández
Domaine de Boisbuchet and CIRECA would like to thank all those who have contributed to the realisation of this exhibition, namely:
8’18’’, Paris
Alexander von Vegesack, Domaine de Boisbuchet, Lessac
Anne-Claire Duprat, Fondation Martell, Cognac
Arc en Rêve, Bordeaux
Arnaud Duprat, Paris
Ateliers Vitrail Saint-Joseph, Ruffec
CAUE 16, Angoulême
Cécile Vignau, Limoges
Céline Dévéza, Communauté de Communes Charente Limousine, Confolens
Charlotte de Charette, Ville de Royan, Royan
Christophe Bourel le Guilloux, DRAC Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Bordeaux
Deidi von Schaewen, Paris
DRAC Poitou-Charentes, Poitiers
Françoise Seince and ENSAD, Limoges
Hadrien Venat, Saint-Christophe
Hippolyte Herpin, Corme-Royal
Hugues Jacquet, Paris
Kevin Todd, Tasmania, Australie / Australia
Lette Verein, Berlin
8’18’, Paris
Marie-Pierre Servantie, Bordeaux
Nathanaël Abeille, Marseille
Philippe d’Hémery, Bioussac
Samael Covarruvias, Guadalajara, Mexique / Mexico
… and all Summer Workshops tutors, participants, artists in residency, and staff at Domaine de Boisbuchet!
An exhibition of CIRECA / Domaine de Boisbuchet