James Webb – A Series of Personal Questions Addressed to the macLYON, 2022

Known for his site-specific interventions and sound installations, James Webb seeks to create possible new forms of understanding and communication between artworks and audiences. In A Series of Personal Questions Addressed to the macLYON, he engages with the city’s museum of contemporary art, located since 1995 in the Cité Internationale quarter and housed in a Renzo Piano-designed building. He questions it about its experiences as a venue that has witnessed many events, both artistic and political. The museum does not reply, but the piece nevertheless encourages us to consider the institution from a fresh perspective. The artist’s multiple inquiries thus foster dialogue between the public and the museum, inviting them to reflect together on contemporary art.

Also on view at the Fagor factories, the Parc de la Tête d’Or, URDLA and the garden of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon.