Worthy successors to the William Morris decorative manner, Tsang Kinwah’s wallpapers assert the ornamental virtues of traceries made of words – but words that are much less worthy. The toile de Jouy-style motif lining La Sucrière’s entry silo borrows what you might call its shouts of liberation from a vocabulary in total contradiction with the delicacy of its motifs. In French, English and Chinese phrases like "Vive la France", "The Glory of Human Beings", "Il faudrait les supprimer", "Where is God," and "Fucking Heaven" create a weird impression as they greedily, insidiously creep across the walls; for you only have to step back a little for these scraps of reality and other shrieks from the artist to vanish into the patterns. On the upper floor at La Sucrière the artist is also presenting a video work using the same principle.
With the support of ATC Groupe and Haulotte France / With the support of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, Hong Kong.

François Morellet’s neons in conversation with the architecture of Le Corbusier, Lyon’s first-ever film festival, the 11th sculpture quinquennial in Bienne, Switzerland, and more... Travel around the Rhône-Alpes region and beyond during the Biennale, courtesy of nine major events.
11 rue du docteur Dolard, Villeurbanne
33 (0)4 78 03 47 00
www.rendezvous09.fr
Rendez-vous 09
from 14.09.09 to 29.11.09
Opening: 13.09.09, from 11:00am
Exceptionally open during the preview days of the Xth Biennale de Lyon 14+15.09.09
49 Quai Rambaud, Lyon 2nd
+33 (0)4 78 42 98 50
www.docksartfair.com
14.09.09 to 20.09.09
Opening: 15.09.09, from 7:00pm
BP 105, Eveux, L’Arbresle
33 (0)4 74 26 79 70
www.couventlatourette.com
François Morellet chez Le Corbusier
from 12.09.09 to 8.11.09
Opening: 18.09.09, from 6:00pm
La Terrasse, BP 80241, Saint-Étienne
33 (0)4 77 79 52 52
www.mam-st-etienne.fr
“The Attraction of Space – Deep Into the Unknown in Search of the New”
from 14.09.09 to 10.01.10
Opening: Friday 18.09.09 from 6:00pm
Chemin du château d’eau, Francheville
33 (0)4 72 13 71 00
from 14.09.09 to 3.01.10
Opening: 19.09.09, from 12:00
Exceptionally open: from 14 to 20.09.09, from 3:00 to 7:00pm to coincide with the Biennale de Lyon opening
Site Bouchayer-Viallet,
155 cours Berriat, Grenoble
33 (0)4 76 21 95 84
www.magasin-cnac.org
“Portrait of an Artist” – Olivier Mosset
from 11.10.09 to 3.01.10
Opening: 10.10.09 from 6:00pm
25 rue du Premier Film, Lyon 8th
33 (0)4 78 76 77 78
http://www.lumiere2009.org
Lumière 2009
from 13 to 18.09.09
The city’s inaugural film festival, in cinemas across Greater Lyon.
Opening ceremony: 13.09.09 at 8:30pm, Tony Garnier Hall Lyon
34 rue de la Charité, Lyon 2nd
33 (0)4 78 38 42 00
www.musee-des-tissus.com
2nd Biennale of Contemporary Textile Design: Fabric Every Which Way
from 20.11.09 to 21.02.10
Opening: 19.11.09
Welcome and information office:
Place de la gare, CH-Bienne
+41 32 322 85 01
www.ess-spa.ch
www.u-topics.org
UTOPICS – 11th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition
from 29.08.09 to 25.10.09