Mudam - Luxemburgo

Conheci o Mudam Luxembourg - Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean numa quinta-feira, ao fim do dia. Dia da semana em que o museu tem sempre música ao vivo e alguns petiscos. Oportunidade para conviver e visitar o museu gratuitamente!

Gostei muito deste espaço, os museus construídos em edifícios projectados originalmente para esta função têm logo outra dinâmica. Vê-se que se consegue muito mais liberdade para conceber as exposições temporárias.

Gostei também da forte luminosidade conseguida com telhas de vidro. O Luxemburgo pode ser muito verde pela sua paisagem, mas também é muito cinzento, como podem ver nas fotografias. As nuvens acompanham o dia a-dia de qualquer um nesta cidade...

A luz natural torna até as peças mais "naturais", digo isto porque a luz artificial ao realçar determinada parte de uma peça, desvaloriza-a também com a sombra que pode criar... E aqui não, toda a peça vai sendo iluminada ao longo do dia, consoante a posição do sol.

Mais uma vez recorri ao site ofical do museu para apresentar da melhor forma os seus objectivos e descrever os seus espaços (que percorri com muito gosto):

Mudam is the foremost museum dedicated to contemporary art in Luxembourg, and strives to be attentive to every discipline and open to the whole world. Its collection and programme reflect current artistic trends and appreciate the emergence of new artistic practices on a national and international scale.

The building, which is the work of Sino-American architect, Ieoh Ming Pei, is a marvellous dialogue between the natural and historical environment. Standing against the vestiges of Fort Thüngen, it follows the course of the former surrounding walls, and is rooted in the Park Dräi Eechelen (planned by landscapists, Michel Desvigne and Christine Dalnoky) which offers magnificent views onto the old town just a short walk from the European district of Kirchberg.

The simple volumes and generous spaces of the building show the mastery of the architectural language by the famous architect in combining stone and glass. The skillful play between interior and exterior, multiplying the selected views onto the park environment whilst opening onto the sky thanks to the audacious glass canopy, is highlighted through the use of the covering in Magny Doré, a honey-coloured limestone which assumes, at any time of the day and in all seasons, subtle nuances depending on the light which it reflects. The museum is spread over three levels of 4,500 m2 of surface area dedicated to the visits. Its construction was begun in January 1999 and it was inaugurated on 1 July 2006.

The cultural project of Mudam is based on a conception of art seen at a poetical distance from the world. Its key words are freedom, innovation, a critical mind, and all this, not devoid of humour. The programme favours every vector of expression while questioning our habits and our representations. It aims to capture not only a way of contemporary thinking, but also the aesthetic language of an age to come.

As a response to the architectural and vegetal complexity surrounding the museum, the landscape architect Michel Desvigne has opted for unification. His park aims to camouflage eclectism and adapt itself to an unusual environment that is made up of both contemporary and historic buildings. From east to west, the whole park is organised around a graduation from “urban” to “natural”, from the built-up “Place de l’Europe” to the slope of the hillside towards the valley in the west.

Mudam is situated in the immediate proximity of the Musée Dräi Eechelen (whose interior architect was Jean Michel Wilmotte), the Philharmonie (architect, Christian de Portzamparc) and the Place de l’Europe, designed by Ricardo Bofill. In the adjoining European district, other creations by famous architects can be found, such as the European Court of Justice by Dominique Perrault or the European Investment Bank by Christoph Ingenhoven.

Este espaço é gerido por uma fundação, a Fondation Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, criada em 1998, pelo estado do Luxemburgo.

Fonte: http://www.mudam.lu/