In their time, modern artists have found in the circus world a space of freedom conducive to their pictorial experimentation. They drew on an abundant repertoire of motifs, forms and figures to replay and reinvent in order to deconstruct the social, ideological and cultural norms of their time. This fascinating show – sometimes corrosive, sometimes poetic – which has the singularity of exulting life as much as it exalts the senses, has captured the most innovative artistic currents. But what about contemporary creation? In what ways is this synesthesia of the senses and this space of freedom being replayed by the visual arts today?

With works by: Jean-Luc Blanc, Rebecca Brodskis, Nina Childress, Mathis Collins, Florent Dubois, Rudy Dumas, Romuald Jandolo, Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux, Aurore-Caroline Marty, Zélie Nguyen, Chloé Quenum, Stefan Rinck, Elsa Sahal, Marnie Weber

With the support of Frac Normandie and the galleries Art : Concept, By Lara Sedbon, Crèvecoeur, Loevenbruck, Papillon and Semiose