SOREZE
The Cité de Sorèze will close the year 2025 with an exhibition dedicated to the artist Jacques Brachet, through the presentation of a new collection.
The exhibition will run from 8 November to 28 December 2025.
It follows a generous donation by Monique Brachet Corsi, the artist’s wife, which enabled the institution to add 27 textile and painted works, tapestry cartoons and various technical items to its collections. This major acquisition marks a new stage in the enrichment of the collections of the Musée Dom Robert et de la tapisserie du XXe siècle, which has already benefited from three major donations in ten years: those of Yves Millecamps and Pierre Sulmon, as well as works by Dom Robert.
As part of this exhibition, the Musées de la Ville d’Angers have agreed to an exceptional loan of 18 works, highlighting another major trend in tapestry from the second half of the 20th century: Nouvelle Tapisserie. During this period, several artists reappropriated the art of weaving, exploring the limits of traditional tapestry. Visitors will be able to discover emblematic pieces such as Untitled, Green and Red Landscape by Josep Grau-Garriga, Arythmée by Maryn Varbanov and The Mask by Gleb.
These works will shed valuable light on Jacques Brachet’s approach, addressing his creative process and contextualising his work within the artistic landscape of his time.
There will also be a special focus on the aquatic world, a constant source of inspiration for Jacques Brachet over several decades. To extend this theme and show the legacy of Nouvelle Tapisserie in contemporary Fiber Art, the exhibition will also feature a number of Mini-textiles from the collections of the Musées de la Ville d’Angers, created around the theme of water, such as Water Plant by Hayashi Toko and Gouttes d’eau by Frymark-Blaszczyk Kazimiera.
Finally, a section of the exhibition will be devoted to the committed dimension of Jacques Brachet’s work, which questions memory and myths through strong symbolism. This final section will also shed light on his singular style, at the crossroads of abstraction and figuration.
