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The Montpellier School of Fine Arts: a unique history<\/strong>
SOL! The regional biennial #3<\/strong><\/em>
In partnership with the Fabre Museum<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since 2021, SOL! The regional biennial has been highlighting the vitality of contemporary creation in Occitanie. For this third edition, MO.CO. and the Fabre Museum have formed an exceptional partnership to pay tribute to a major player in Montpellier’s artistic life: the School of Fine Arts. This exhibition will explore a rich, long, and sometimes little-known history, combining academic heritage, radical experimentation, and international openness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featuring in particular:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Soufiane Ababri, Nicolas Aguirre, Tjeerd Alkema, Marc Aurelle, \u00c9milie Aussel, Jean Azemard, Geoffrey Badel, Suzanne Ballivet, Ekiem Barbier, Abdelkader Benchamma, Jean-Jaques Bestieu, Vincent Bioul\u00e8s, Nicolas Boillot, Jules Boilly, Belkacem Boudjellouli, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Bourguet, Bobby Brim, Alexandre Cabanel, Jo Carbi, Ava Carr\u00e8re, Alexandre Eug\u00e8ne Castelnau, Guilhem Causse, Cyril Chartier-Poyet, Aude Chevalier-Beaumel, Alain Cl\u00e9ment, Robert Combas, Gabriel Couderc, Julien Cr\u00e9pieux, Ren\u00e9-J\u00e9rome Demoulin, Camille Descossy, Julien Descossy, Daniel Dezeuze, Fran\u00e7ois Dezeuze, Georges Dezeuze, Albert Dubout, Paul Dubois, Jean-Baptiste Durand, S\u00e9bastien Durant\u00e9, Toma Dutter, Yoann Estevenin, Emmanuelle \u00c9tienne, Fran\u00e7ois-Xavier Fabre, Nicolas Fenouillat, Agn\u00e8s Fornells, Bernard Frize, Jacques Gamelin, Pablo Garcia, Dominique Gauthier, Jo\u00eblle Gay, Mark Geffriaud, Hadrien G\u00e9renton, No\u00e9 Grenier, Toni Grand, Grout\/Maz\u00e9as, Miles Hall, Marie Havel, Vir Andres Hera, Ninon Hivert, Rodolphe Huguet, Yongkwan Joo, Mona Young-eun Kim, Quentin L\u2019Helgoualc\u2019h, Alain Lapierre, Jules Joseph Augustin Laurens, Nicolas Lebrun, Max Leenhardt, Lucas Mancione, Gabrielle Manglou, \u00c9douard-Antoine Marsal, Michel Martin, Charles Matet, Gana\u00eblle Maury, Mehdi Melhaoui, Ernest Michel, Jean Milhau, Gilles Miquelis, Joachim Mogarra, Jacques Moulinier, Caroline Muheim, Marie-Charlotte Nouza, Bruno Peinado, Lucien Pelen, Pierre Peres, Bruno Persat, Cl\u00e9ment Philippe, Aur\u00e9lie Piau, \u00c9milie Plateau, Henriette Pous-Viallat, Beno\u00eet Pype, Jo\u00ebl Renard, Jimmy Richer, Germaine Richier, Clara Rivault, Fran\u00e7ois Rouan, Alba Sagols, Gwendoline Samidoust, Patrick Saytour, Valentine Schlegel, Pierre Soulages, Samuel Spone, Didier Tallagrand, C\u00e9dric Torne, Ga\u00e9tan Vaguelsy, Claude Viallat, Andr\u00e9e Vilar, Chlo\u00e9 Viton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heir to the Montpellier Society of Fine Arts founded in 1779, the school was integrated into the Fabre Museum from its inception. Reformed as a municipal (1872) then regional (1882) school of fine arts, it left the museum in 1955 and became the \u00c9cole sup\u00e9rieure des beaux-arts de Montpellier in 1977. It moved to its current premises in 1984 and, since 2018, has been part of the MO.CO public institution. Over the course of these 250 years, despite profound changes, the school has managed to cultivate its uniqueness, training several generations of artists with the ambition of providing them with both a local anchor and a springboard to national and international recognition. Its history is marked by the fruitful tension between transmission and creative freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment and the spirit of free art schools, the school was initially the result of a civic and collective commitment to supporting artists. From its inception, it facilitated their mobility and exchanges between Montpellier and Paris. Promising young artists from Montpellier were thus able to pursue prestigious careers, such as Alexandre Cabanel and Ernest Michel, who became director of the school for more than thirty years. At the beginning of the 20th century, this momentum continued thanks to the teaching of Camille Descossy, Georges Dezeuze, and Louis Guigues, and the success of Germaine Richier, Valentine Schlegel, Suzanne Ballivet, and Pierre Soulages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the second half of the 20th century, affinities formed groups, and the emergence of Supports\/Surfaces ushered in a period of radical emancipation. The 1970s and the following decades saw the development of a thriving southern scene with international influence, embodied by Vincent Bioul\u00e8s, Robert Combas, Daniel Dezeuze, Bernard Frize, Fran\u00e7ois Rouan, and Claude Viallat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, the school has become a veritable laboratory integrated into the MO.CO., which promotes cross-disciplinary work, autonomy, and openness. The elders are leading the way to recognition in France and internationally, following in the footsteps of Abdelkader Benchamma and C\u00e9sar Award-winning filmmaker Jean-Baptiste Durand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To reflect this rich history, the exhibition brings together works by former students, from the school’s origins to 2019. Combining a chronological and thematic approach, it highlights connections, practices, and affinities across generations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition also brings together an expanded regional network: significant loans come from the MRAC Occitanie in S\u00e9rignan, the Carr\u00e9 d’Art – Museum of Contemporary Art in N\u00eemes, and the FRAC Occitanie Montpellier. Artistic partnerships have also been established with the FRAC Occitanie Montpellier, the Mus\u00e9e Paul Val\u00e9ry in S\u00e8te, and the city’s associative galleries, which will present artists from the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the direction of Numa Hambursin, Director General of MO.CO., and Juliette Trey, Director of the Mus\u00e9e Fabre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Curators: Caroline Chabrand, Pauline Faure, curators, Julie Chateignon, conservation officer, Deniz Yoruc, exhibition assistant at MO.CO.
Matthieu Fantoni, curator in charge of ancient art collections at the Mus\u00e9e Fabre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In partnership with the Mus\u00e9e Fabre.<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":2442,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2441","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nSOL! The regional biennial #3 - Nicolas Lebrun<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nicolas-lebrun.fr\/event\/sol-la-biennale-du-territoire-3\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"[:fr]SOL ! La biennale du territoire #3[:en]SOL! The regional biennial #3[:] - Nicolas Lebrun\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Montpellier School of Fine Arts: a unique historySOL! The regional biennial #3In partnership with the Fabre Museum Since 2021, SOL! 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