5 years after its opening, the Rodez museum, dedicated to the grand master of the color black, bears the imprint of the artist who is celebrating his 100 years.
For quite some time now, the keen touristic interest for Rodez, a small commune of the Aveyron department, has been confirmed. Visitors are attracted by the strong religious patrimony and the proud bourgeois houses of its historical center, but also the museum built in Corten steel—a homage to Pierre Soulages, the artist that has made black his signature color—and is celebrating his centennial.
A museum in Rodez for Pierre Soulages
These rusty metallic blocks, placed on the Foirail garden and linked between each other by transparent gangways, form the first monographical museum honoring a living painter Inside, no loud blazing lights! In a subtle clair obscur, the natural lighting is identical to the one in the workshop of the « Outrenoir » master, who still paints every day.
Dive inside these oils on canvas to imagine the poetic universe of the painter. © DR
With Brou de Noix, Pierre Soulages expresses his vision of the environment surrounding him. © DR
A color presented in many different overtones
In this contemporary space, Pierre Soulages and his wife Colette donated a personal collection of 250 works, as well as 250 documents to the metropolitan district of Le Grand Rodez. Lifesize cardboards, etchings, oils on canvas, paper paintings, bronzes,—the site enables visitors to discover each nuance of black imagined by this major figure of non figurative painting.
In this room, everything is black: the floor, the walls and the works—faithful to the spirit of the artist. © DR
An arty journey in the land of black
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