Jérôme Sans . Polygone Riviera

Polygone Riviera
Cagnes-sur-mer, France

Urban development Artistic Director

Architects: L35 Architects, Frédéric Ducic, Philippe Caron
Landscape architect: Jean Mus
Mission: Artistic direction
Dates: Launched in 2015, and since then, one exhibition project a year

Polygone Riviera, designed by the Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield group (Europe’s leading listed commercial property company specialized in shopping centres in European capital cities), is the first open-air shopping centre in France ; it opened in late 2015 in Cagnes-sur-Mer. Combining shopping with leisure areas, Polygone Riviera is also a cultural venue that focuses strongly on contemporary art.

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Jérôme Sans has been invited as Artistic Director for Polygone Riviera to imagine the contemporary art programme. The works of eleven french and international artists (Ben, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Daniel Buren, César, Antony Gormley, Noble & Webster, Jean-Michel Othoniel, Pablo Reinoso, Pascale Marthine Tayou, Wang Du) have been selected to be on permanent display at Polygone Riviera to rethink the way we experience our immediate surroundings. Their presence at Polygone Riviera helps to make these new public facilities part of a broader social and cultural dynamic.
Echoing this ambitious set of permanent artworks, a programme of temporary exhibitions, changing every year, begins as part of a dynamic partnership with local cultural institutions and stakeholders. Thus, after a second chapter presenting an exception set of sculptures by Joan Miro, organized thanks to a partnership with the Fondation Maeght in Saint-Paul-de-Vence, the third chapter featured an exhibition of temporary works by a major French contemporary artist, Philippe Ramette. The 2018 edition was a temporary exhibition by the French artist Lilian Bourgeat, and then, in 2019, Pablo Reinoso.

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Antony Gormley, Another Time XIX, 2013, cast iron, 192 x 56 x 35 cm. View: « Format Paysage », Polygone Riviera, Cagnes-sur-Mer. © photo: Florian Kleinefenn

Jérôme Sans - POLYGONE_MartineTayou_Mikado Tree, 2015

Pascale Marthine Tayou, Mikado Tree, 2015, painted aluminium, concrete, steel, 790 x 400 x 400 cm. View: « Format Paysage », Polygone Riviera, Cagnes-sur-Mer. © photo: Florian Kleinefenn

Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Opencage, 2015, stainless steel, audiosystem, 300 x 300 x 300 cm. View: « Format Paysage », Polygone Riviera, Cagnes-sur-Mer. © photo: Florian Kleinefenn

Wang Du, China Daily - Top 10 Profiles Of The Urban Male, 2007, White bronze, 200 x 190 x 166 cm. View: « Format Paysage », Polygone Riviera, Cagnes-sur-Mer. © photo: Florian Kleinefenn

Tim Noble & Sue Webster, Double Negative Fountain, 2014, aluminium, stainless steel, 210 x 190 x 190 cm. View: « Format Paysage », Polygone Riviera, Cagnes-sur-Mer. © photo: Florian Kleinefenn

Jérôme Sans - POLYGONE_Reinoso_Banc d'amarrage

Pablo Reinoso, Banc d’amarrage, 2015, painted steel, 1230 x 380 x 225 cm. View: « Format Paysage », Polygone Riviera, Cagnes-sur-Mer. © photo: Florian Kleinefenn

Jean-Michel Othoniel, Collier doré, 2014, aluminium, gold leaf, stainless steel, 405 x 120 x 120 cm. View: « Format Paysage », Polygone Riviera, Cagnes-sur-Mer. © photo: Florian Kleinefenn