le Fonds d'art contemporain Paris-Collections

Throughout the summer, come and discover the works of three contemporary art artists in the 13th arrondissement!

1. Echoing the Melville media library's collection of documents dedicated to Asia, the City of Paris's Contemporary Art Fund invites you to discover 3 artists from its collection, who bear witness to artistic exchanges between the French capital and the Land of the Rising Sun.

   The public will be able to discover for the first time 4 small paintings by Japanese artist Toshio Bando (1895-1973). Born in Tokushima in 1895, he moved to Paris in

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5. Alongside his friend and compatriot Léonard Foujita, he frequented the Montparnasse district and its active art scene.

   In '67, shortly before his death, he donated four small paintings to the City of Paris: a still life and three portraits of animals – birds and cats. A great friend of pets, Toshio Bando created numerous expressive and sensitive portraits of his companions. Alongside his modern works, the exhibition highlights two contemporary artists. Taro Izumi is a Japanese artist born in Nara in

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9. In 2009, while in residence in Paris, he filmed the video Napoléon, inspired by his discovery of the capital's tourist centre.

   In contrast, Céline Vaché-Olivieri is a French artist born in Paris in

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13. In her series Contrebande, she draws inspiration from the Japanese textile folding and knotting technique of furoshiki.

    ------------------------ The Fonds d'art contemporain is a cultural service managed by the City of Paris's Cultural Affairs Department. Heir to municipal collections established since 1816, it boasts over 23,400 works, including more than 4,800 from the contemporary period. This collection, complementary to that of Parisian museums, now has a very particular mission: to leave its walls, to irrigate the Parisian territory, and to meet diverse audiences.