Artistic Adventure in Saint Etienne
The city of St-Etienne is a major player in the development of contemporary art in France and around the world. A city full of culture and commitment, St Etienne was first a mining town where popular culture and bourgeois culture mingled.
The gray slag heaps, the poverty of the inhabitants, the tightness between the basement and the museum space could have been unavoidable if a few men and women had not supported this project against all odds.
Today, the city is a major figure in contemporary art, thanks in particular to major players such as the MAMC, the « Support / Surface » movement, Bernard Ceysson and Claude Viallat.
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