Méditerranées exhibition catalog
The catalog for the semi-permanent exhibition Méditerranées . Inventions et représentations at the Mucem explores the role of ethnographic and fine-art museums in representing the cultures of the Mediterranean basin.
From the website of designer Anaïs Lancrenon (translated from the French):
A vibrant book structured around colors ranging from warm ochers to blues, evoking the hues of the Mediterranean. Thematic image sections, “motifs” (sculpture, architecture, textiles…), are interspersed with portraits of scientists or artists on shorter pages. Finally, the catalog is also punctuated by interviews with contemporary artists, this time presented vertically in the book to give them a unique status. The cover reflects the richness of the interior; a mosaic of overlapping images that lets our imagination wander through the imaginaries of the Mediterranean.
