Soulages Museum
200best ES
RCR Arquitectes
2014
Type
Museum
Tags
cultural facilities, art spaces , 200Best, spiritual atmospheres
Visitability
Allowed
Description
Located in the small southern French city of Rodez and opened in 2014, it houses the diverse collection of works by the abstract artist Pierre Soulages, from stained glass windows, preparatory works for the windows, figurative paintings, and other early works, as well as complete printed works. A document centre, temporary exhibition space, children’s workshops and storage areas complete the program. The building, realised in collaboration with local architects Passelac et Roques Architects, is formed by a succession of cubes. Using just one material, Cor-Ten steel, the building and landscape merge and will slowly change over time. “Museum and landscape thus have mutual feedback, like the painter and his work, displaying a wealth of relationships where nothing can be removed, because everything that belongs to this newly created world is inherent.”(Description provided by the architects)