The Lucy Mackintosh gallery was a commercial

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space located in

Lausanne , neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR-74), ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

between 2004 and 2013. It exhibited

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and international

and artists. The gallery also regularly invited

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to present their work.

History

The Lucy Mackintosh gallery opened in

in 2004 in premises previously occupied by the EPFL architecture department. The architecture studio Jean-Gilles Décosterd &

Philippe Rahm Philippe Rahm (born 1967) Dipl. EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne - Switzerland 1993 is a principal architect in the office of ''Philippe Rahm architectes'', based in Paris, France. His work, which extends the field of architecture ...

designed the exhibition space using the concept of the "white canvas" for the refurbishing of the gallery. Gallery Director Cyril Veillon said, "The architect's response to an existing space and the brief for a contemporary art gallery was to create territories using thermal distortions rather than partitions. Elaborate plumbing runs through the main space, whose temperature can be attenuated according to the gallery function. " In 2005, the gallery was featured in the Can Buildings Curate exhibition b
Newbetter
and the

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for its space design. The project closed its doors in 2013.

Projects

Along with exhibitions of artists represented by the gallery, group shows and collaborative projects are presented with national institutions or independent curators.
News from Nowhere
(2005) curated by Justin Hibbs.
Studies for the Consumption
(2005) for the festival Les Urbaines in Lausanne with Perfektron
Eau Sauvage
(2006) curated by Juan Bolivar, Marco Costantini and Jean-Luc Manz.

was presented in 2007 at the Fieldgate Gallery in London
Can Buildings Curate
(2006) curated by Newbetter, in collaboration with the

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, London.
The Return of the Seven Samurai
(2007) with

Grizedale Arts Grizedale Arts is a contemporary arts residency and commissioning agency sited in Grizedale Forest in the central Lake District in rural Northern England. It conducts cultural projects locally, nationally and internationally from its bases at Law ...

.
Something Material Everything Immaterial
(2007) with Newbette

and the

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.
Working Space II
(2008) curated by David Ben White and Justin Hibbs, originated from the Arts Gallery at the

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.
Grands Paysages d'Europe / Wide European Landscape
(2009) curated by Lorette Coen.
The Tenth Sentiment
(2011) an art installation by

Ryota Kuwakubo Ryota Kuwakubo (born 1971) is a Japanese multimedia artist. Kuwakubo was born in Tochigi Prefecture. In 1998 he co-produced the project BITMAN with the art unit Maywa Denki. Kuwakubo works with varying mediums, most commonly utilizing digital or ...

, work awarded a prize of excellence at the 14th Japan Media Arts Festival.

References

External links

Gallery's website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucy Mackintosh Gallery Art museums and galleries in Switzerland Contemporary art galleries in Switzerland Museums in Lausanne Art galleries established in 2004 2004 establishments in Switzerland