Ikon Musée D'art Contemporain - MAC Lyon Friends In Love And War

Friends in Love and War  – L'Éloge des meilleur·es ennemi·esWorks from the British Council Collection and macLYON

This catalogue accompanies the exhibition Friends in Love and War – L’Éloge des meilleur·es ennemi·es at Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon (March - July 2024) and Ikon Gallery (October 2024 - February 2025). It presents works by over twenty artists from the British Council Collection and macLYON that explore the meaning and role of friendship in contemporary life.

Curated collaboratively, the exhibition spans painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, textile, film, sculpture and installation, combining existing and new works by international and local artists. Taking place in the partner cities of Birmingham and Lyon, it reflects on diplomatic friendships and how regional capitals and cultural organisations can create new ways of living and working together in a post-Brexit climate.

The full-colour catalogue features texts and illustrations of artworks in the exhibition alongside letters by co-curators Marilou Laneuville and Melanie Pocock, reflecting on philosophical ideas and dynamics of friendship and a new text by Camille Toffoli, author of  S’engager en amitié (2023).

Artists:Kenneth Armitage, Sonia Boyce, Tereza Bušková, Pogus Caesar, Patrick Caulfield, Jimmie Durham, Tracey Emin, Marie-Anita Gaube, Lola Gonzàlez, Emma Hart, Lubaina Himid, Géraldine Kosiak, Delaine Le Bas, Markéta Luskacová, Rachel Maclean, Goshka Macuga, Madame Yevonde, Gordon Matta-Clark, Hetain Patel, Paula Rego, Luke Routledge, Niek van de Steeg, Lily van der Stokker, Francis Upritchard, Fabien Verschaere, Gillian Wearing, Bedwyr Williams, Rose Wylie and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye.

Editors:Marilou Laneuville, Melanie Pocock, Auregann Le Bouffant and Lucy Mounfield.

Authors:Isabelle Bertolotti, Auregann Le Bouffant, Emma Dexter, Anne Duncan, Ian Hyde, Géraldine Kosiak, Marilou Laneuville, Lucy Mounfield, Melanie Pocock, and Camille Toffoli. 

Published in collaboration with Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon - macLYON

Hardback17 x 23cm