The ancient Greeks believed that the Mediterranean was a link between civilisations, and that crossing it was an adventure. During this journey, familiar feelings of belonging come head to head with new sensations as those who cross the bridge enter a new world. Featuring artists from different generations who have all moved, migrated, and created new worlds for themselves, this collection shows the universal character of the Mediterranean experience.
Some of these artists were discovered in Marseille before embarking on an international career. These encounters are another way of showing Marseille’s hospitality and the city’s vibrant art scene. Marseille is a crossroads for travellers from north and south, east and west. The exhibition starts at the Contemporary Art Museum and continues throughout the city with exceptional works in remarkable venues.
Featured artists: Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc – Marina Abramovic – Absalon – Vito Acconci – Dennis Adams – Saâdane Afif – Nevin Aladag – Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla – Maria-Thereza Alves – Francis Alÿs – Maayan Amir & Ruti Sela – Carlos Amorales – Eleanor Antin –ASCO (Harry Gamboa Jr, Gronk, Willie Herrón,Patssi Valdez) – Kader Attia – Kurdwin Ayub – Yto Barrada – Yaël Bartana – Jean-Michel Basquiat – Mustapha Benfodil – Guy Ben-Ner – Hicham Benohoud – Faouzi Bensaïdi – Urusula Biemann – Binelde Hyrcan -Julien Blaine – Fouad Bouchoucha – Bruno Boudjelal – Christophe Bourguedieu – Mohamed Bourouissa – Lonnie van Brummelen & Siebren de Haan – Matthew Buckingham – Marie-José Burki – Giuseppe Caccavale & Erri de Luca – CAMP (Shaina Anand, Sanjay Bhangar, Ashok Sukumaran) – Mircea Cantor – Chen Zhen – Danica Dakic – Silvie Defraoui – Ad van Denderen – Monique Deregibus – Amélie Derlon Cordina – Mati Diop – Anke Doberauer – Marlène Dumas – Jimmie Durham – Olivier Dury – Harun Farocki – Mounir Fatmi – Claire Fontaine – Peter Friedl – Jårg Geismar – Mariam Ghani – Ghazel – Felix Gonzales-Torres – Douglas Gordon – Laurent Grasso – Ion Grigorescu & Catherine Kiss – Brion Gysin – Mona Hatoum – Camille Henrot – Ralf Homann –Chourouk Hriech – Huang Yong Ping – Pierre Huyghe – Ismaël, Youssef Chebbi & Ala Eddine Slim – Alfredo Jaar – Christian Jaccard– Ihab Jadallah – Olivier Jobard – Valérie Jouve – Ilya & Emilia Kabakov – Karim Kal – Katia Kameli – Hüseyin Karabey – William Kentridge – Rustam Khalfin & Julia Thikonova – Kimsooja – Daniel Knorr – Helen Levitt – Erik van Lieshout – Thomas Mailaender –Cildo Meireles – Olivier Menanteau – Amina Menia – Lazlo Moholy-Nagy – Gianni Motti – Baudouin Mouanda – Rabih Mroué – Antoni Muntadas – Stéphanie Nava – Malik Nejmi – Melik Ohanian – Roman Ondàk – Gabriel Orozco – Yazid Oulab – Adrian Paci – Jafar Panahi – Claudio Parmiggiani – Jean-Marie Perdrix – Dan Perjovschi – Mathieu Pernot – Marc Quer – Khalil Rabah – Younès Rahmoun – Robin Rhode – Tracey Rose – Roee Rosen – Anri Sala – Ilana Salama Ortar – Fernando Sánchez Castillo – Zineb Sedira– Roland Sejko – Bruno Serralongue – Shen Yuan – Shimabuku – Yinka Shonibare MBE – Ian Simms – Simon Starling – Susanne Strassmann & Eric Maillet – Beat Streuli – Fiona Tan – Barthélémy Toguo – Mayura Torii – Tatiana Trouvé – Tsai Ming-Liang – Oscar Tuazon – Mitja Tusek – Danh Vo – Kelley Walker – Andy Warhol – Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Guido van der Werve – Gal Weinstein – Yan Pei-Ming – Akram Zaatari & Liliane Giraudon.
