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The third edition<br />
LUCIDAR DEVISING AND ORGANISING THE NEXT TWO EDITIONS.<br />
<strong>Les</strong> <strong>Ateliers</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Rennes</strong>, a contemporary art biennale<br />
Entitled <strong>Les</strong> Prairies, <strong>the</strong> third edition of <strong>Ateliers</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Rennes</strong> - biennale d’art<br />
contemporain runs from 15 September to 9 December 2012 in different locations in and<br />
around <strong>Rennes</strong>.<br />
It consists of a <strong>the</strong>med collective exhibition, one-artist shows, a multidisciplinary<br />
programme of events, publishing projects, and outreach educational projects.<br />
The <strong>the</strong>med collective exhibition, <strong>Les</strong> Prairies, is divi<strong>de</strong>d between spaces in two<br />
prestigious mo<strong>de</strong>rn buildings: <strong>the</strong> Frac Bretagne headquarters building, <strong>de</strong>signed by<br />
Odile Decq and Benoit Cornette, and Newway Mabilais, <strong>the</strong> former Telecommunications<br />
Centre, built in 1975 by Louis Arretche.<br />
The one-artist exhibitions take place in partner locations: 40mcube, La Criée Centre<br />
d’Art Contemporain, <strong>the</strong> PHAKT - Centre Culturel Colombier, Galerie Art & Essai,<br />
Cabinet du Livre d’Artiste, and <strong>the</strong> Musée <strong>de</strong>s Beaux-arts <strong>de</strong> <strong>Rennes</strong>.<br />
The programme of <strong>the</strong> third <strong>Ateliers</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Rennes</strong> – biennale d’art contemporain confirms<br />
its international dimension. It brings toge<strong>the</strong>r a significant number of artists and more<br />
than 20 original artworks.<br />
In January 2010 a second <strong>Ateliers</strong> <strong>de</strong> <strong>Rennes</strong> selection process was launched in or<strong>de</strong>r to choose an artistic<br />
programme and a new team for <strong>the</strong> 2012 and 2014 editions of <strong>the</strong> Biennale. A panel of people from Art Norac and<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r cultural organisations, along with professionals from <strong>the</strong> world of contemporary art, chose <strong>the</strong> winning team,<br />
Lucidar.<br />
Anne Bonnin is an art critic and curator. She has taught at two art schools, <strong>the</strong> École Supérieure <strong>de</strong>s Arts Décoratifs<br />
(ESAD), Strasbourg and <strong>the</strong>n <strong>the</strong> École Supérieure d’Art <strong>de</strong> Clermont-Communauté. In 2009 she organised <strong>the</strong><br />
Pragmatismus & Romantismus group exhibition at <strong>the</strong> Fondation d’Entreprise Ricard (Paris), and Sauvagerie<br />
domestique at <strong>the</strong> École Municipale <strong>de</strong>s Beaux-arts/Galerie Édouard-Manet, (Gennevilliers).<br />
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