Permanent Collection

Bernard Moninot. Lumière fossile Listen Bernard Moninot Bernard MONINOT (1949, Le Fay) In Lumière fossile, the presence of real fossils explicitly evokes transparent maps of imaginary skies. Constructions forming fragile maps of the sky in four dimensions of space and time, where the constellations are represented by lengths of welded piano wire linking fossilised stars,

Bernard Moninot. A la poursuite des nuages Listen Bernard Moninot Bernard MONINOT (1949, Le Fay) “This drawn performance took place on a plateau in the Jura at an altitude of 500 metres, in my studio, which overlooks a vast landscape. The point of these drawings is not to produce a sky landscape through the addition

Bernard Moninot. Anagramme Listen Bernard Moninot Bernard MONINOT (1949, Le Fay) These constellations of coloured dots are anagrams of sentences from Leonardo da Vinci written in Braille: « The limitless cannot be represented » whose anagram is: Secret sea thought called disquiet. See more from the permanent collection

Bernard Moninot. Ensecrètement Listen Bernard Moninot Bernard MONINOT (1949, Le Fay) Ensecrètement designates a puppeteer technique where the manipulator’s movements are concealed. The use of highly stylized human representations is a way of returning to childhood and evoking a moment of origin, where two senses intertwine, listening and seeing. Ensecrètement (Secretly) and the earlier and

Bernard Moninot. Mémoire du vent Listen Bernard Moninot Bernard MONINOT (1949, Le Fay) Winds have always been seen as singular beings all across the world, as shown by their names and the definite article that precedes them: the noroît, the mistral, the sirocco, the harmattan etc. In many civilisations, winds were divinities – Aeolus in

Bernard Moninot. Antichambre Listen Bernard Moninot Bernard MONINOT (1949, Le Fay) “In its structure, this work (steel, glass, two-way mirror, wood, cables, nylon fabric) resembles a large chandelier set slowly in motion by a motor. This drawing in space is the third version of the Sculptures de silence project. The six columns suspended inside the

Bernard Moninot. Cadastre Listen Bernard Moninot Bernard MONINOT (1949, Le Fay) The survey is a projection of the sky on the earth. The drawings in the series reflect the movements of the gaze contemplating the landscape. Guided by chance, the drawings in the Cadastre series emerge in the moment. They proceed from observation and from

Bernard Moninot. Migrateur partiel Listen Bernard Moninot Bernard MONINOT (1949, Le Fay) Using a bird feather, the drawings call to mind the path of « partial migrants » taken by species that observe the position of stars to find their migratory path. See more from the permanent collection

Bernard Moninot. Prémonition de l’avalanche Listen Bernard Moninot Bernard MONINOT (1949, Le Fay) Anticipation of climatic catastrophe; the title refers to the painting by Salvador Dalí, Prémonition de la guerre civile, painted in 1936.   See more from the permanent collection

Bernard Moninot. Objets de silence Listen Bernard Moninot Bernard MONINOT (1949, Le Fay) “This project originated from a dream in which an unknown artist was making sculptures from silence. This table is an initial approach to producing such a sculpture. The function of the invented objects is to signify silence. The vases contain sound pictures