Curator : Rémi Enguehard
Guest artist: Héloïse Farago
Open Wed. – Fri. 1:30 pm – 6 pm
Sat. – Sun. 11am-6pm
“O mighty sovereign! Isn’t history full of examples to follow, of predecessors who knew how to conduct themselves in the face of adversity?” Christine de Pizan, Epistle to the Queen, 1405
Artist Héloïse Farago’s works of contemporary fin’amor nestle at the heart of the ARCHÉA museum’s permanent tour, echoing the thousand years of medieval history of the Roissy area, once home to the Franks and then the scene of the Hundred Years’ War. The discoveries of the Merovingian tombs of Saint-Rieul, the ruins of the Château d’Orville, and the ensemble of jewelry, crockery and coins can be seen as the props and backdrops of our national history, with its multiple narratives. In her epic, shimmering work, the artist reappropriates the love and war songs of the medieval poets, using media as varied as drawing, enamel, textiles and video. This multi-faceted universe is populated by knightesses and monstresses in search of liberation, who play with the amorous and aesthetic codes of an elegant and pretentious Middle Ages, the better to reinvent imaginations built up since our earliest childhood. Here, the museum’s collections are the refrain of a medieval ballad, with Héloïse Farago’s works forming the dispatches that weave their way through the narrative, reviving the poetry as they color these loves with an emancipating joy.
Rendez-vous
On 26, 27 and 28 August.
Héloïse Farago offers a workshop for children aged 8 and over.
Further information on the ARCHÉA website