June 28, 2011 – 6:30 PM
As part of its reopening in 2008, following extension and restructuring works, the International Perfume Museum presents, among other things, objects pertaining to decorative arts, botany, industry, ethnography, and both tangible and intangible heritage, ranging from masterpieces and exceptional items to everyday objects.
All these disciplines serve to enrich and complement our narrative, akin to a cross-cultural exchange.
The International Perfume Museum is a 21st-century museum that offers a perspective on the past but also on the present and even the future.
The International Perfume Museum aimed to offer visitors, alongside the main exhibit route, an additional interpretative perspective to enhance the discourse.
To achieve this, several internationally renowned contemporary artists were given carte blanche to design certain areas of the museum.
The works created by Berdaguer & Péjus, Gérard Collin-Thiébaut, Peter Downsbrough, Brigitte Nahon, Jean-Michel Othoniel, and Dominique Thévenin draw inspiration from the world of perfumery or from the spaces of the new museum: scents and sensory awakening, luxury and design, glasswork and the play of transparency, industry and materials…
With the recent installation of the work “Jardin d’addiction” created by Berdaguer & Péjus in collaboration with Les Christophs (Christophe Laudamiel and Christoph Hornetz), the International Perfume Museum continues its journey into contemporary art.
By offering this exhibition, the International Perfume Museum integrates into the territorial circuit of contemporary art within the Pôle Azur Provence agglomeration community (Espace de l’Art Concret in Mouans-Sartoux) and more broadly into that of the Côte d’Azur, including among others the MAMAC and the Villa Arson in Nice, the Maeght Foundation in Saint-Paul de Vence, and monographic museums such as those dedicated to Chagall, Matisse, Picasso, Léger, Cocteau…
The museum has benefited from the collaboration of contemporary art professionals: the Regional Fund for Contemporary Art (FRAC) Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur, CNAC-Villa Arson (Nice), Musée Gassendi (Digne), CIRVA-Marseille (International Center for Glass Research), as well as the support of the National Fund for Contemporary Art (FNAC), the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs, the Direction of Museums of France, and private collectors.
This exhibition route has also been made possible thanks to the financial support of the State, the Region, and patrons who have followed the museum since its expansion.
