The Radiant Fortnight 5

"Your ceramics have real value, but who can appreciate them? Patience and length of time...". Le Corbusier, letter to Norbert Bézard, 1955.

The original exhibition "Norbert Bézard, céramiste d'art", designed by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec, is the fruit of research carried out by the Piacé le radieux association. Co-produced with the Centre culturel de la Sarthe, it presents all the ceramics and paintings by Norbert Bézard that have been identified to date, over 80 unique pieces dating from the 1950s and coming from private collections, the Fondation Le Corbusier and the Chapelle de Ronchamp. The exhibition is accompanied by photographs by Lucien Hervé, who made a report on Norbert Bézard's studio in 1953.

To mark the occasion of this exhibition, a book has been published by Somogy and an illustrative plate of the Chapelle de Ronchamp has been reissued by the Piacé le radieux association. Extracts from the correspondence between Norbert Bézard and Le Corbusier will be read in public by actress Mireille Perrier.

A look at contemporary creation

Alongside this exhibition, a window onto contemporary creation is being opened, and works by contemporary artists working around ceramics are being exhibited. The guest artists for this 5th edition are : Fred Biesmans, Daniel Dewar and Grégory Gicquel, Valérie Delarue, Anabelle Hulaut, Gauthier Leroy, Elsa Sahal, Marc Uzan.