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IV. A museum open to the town and its inhabitants Visitors will have access to different spaces in the museum promoting the exploration of modern and contemporary art: - a 700 sq.m permanent exhibition space, where Cocteau’s drawings will enter into dialogue with photographs, slide shows and film screenings. - a 275 sq.m temporary exhibition space, on the ground floor facing the sea. Each temporary exhibition will present the work of a contemporary artist. The relationship between drawing and painting, sculpture or video will be examined in relation to all featured artists, always with the aim of highlighting the diverse and signature aspects of their creative processes. - a 30-‐seat educational workshop to promote artistic practice, intended for school groups, with activities led every weekday by one of the museum’s cultural outreach specialists. - a print room permitting visitors, by appointment only, to browse through the collections of works on paper not on view in the museum, mounted on mats and stored in special cabinets. - a documentation centre open to any visitors interested in studying the life and work of Cocteau. - a café seating 50 inside the museum and 60 outside, overlooking the lobby and the bookstore, envisioned as a haven for relaxation, reflection, conversation and conviviality. - a bookstore and gift shop offering some one hundred different items, including copies of Cocteau’s main written works, DVDs of his films, museum catalogues as well as related products. 18
V. THE ARCHITECTURAL PROJECT* Selected in 2008 as the winning design from an international field of entries in a competition launched by the town of Menton in 2007, the architectural project of Rudy Ricciotti, the 2006 winner of France’s Grand Prix National d’Architecture, covers a total area of 2,700 sq.m able to house all of the works donated by Severin Wunderman. © Agence Rudy Ricciotti Although limited in some aspects, the site has great potential. Its features/drawbacks include a pre-‐existing parking garage on the first subterranean level and a purification plant on the second subterranean level with their access ramps bisecting the site, a sea-‐level aquifer, backfill soil, sea spray exposure, etc. Stresses in the immediate vicinity include a noisy coastal urban thoroughfare. The site is also not neutral in its impact. It will strengthen the relationship between the town’s centre and its seafront, as a substructure ensuring the resilience of the existing urban landscape. The building must be in keeping with Menton’s urban fabric and character, helping to return the Quai Monléon to pedestrian use. Setting aside the disquieting vision of the archways, depicted in old picture postcards, the virtues of Menton as a seaside resort must be retained. © Agence Rudy Ricciotti 19
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Page 3 and 4: I. GENESIS OF THE PROJECT: A SERIES
Page 5 and 6: Committed to the preservation and p
Page 7 and 8: October 2009 Construction work begi
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Page 11 and 12: Overview of the collection* Jean Co
Page 13 and 14: Jean Cocteau Le Jeune Aviateur (Rol
Page 15 and 16: PART II THE COLLECTION IN 10 VIEWS
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Page 21 and 22: © Lisa Ricciotti “The truth is t
Page 23 and 24: © Lisa Ricciotti * All images are
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