Le Tri Postal has the charm of old industrial buildings and work. Initially devoted to sorting mail, it was transformed at the Lille 2004 European Capital of Culture to be now a must for contemporary art. Conveniently located in downtown, between Lille Flandres and Lille Europe or art center or museum, but place of art and life, it includes three long shelves of 2000 m2 each, giving it flexibility exceptionally scenic. An advantage that allowed him to change his image over the events that are organized.
This building is also a place of performance, fashion, installations, parties, clubbing and restoration, with a children's area. Offering both a friendly and sharp programming, is the Tri Postal become a genuine cultural and artistic reference. The collection of contemporary art in the Saatchi Gallery in London will be presented for the first time in France with the exhibition "The Silk Road" organized at the invitation of lille3000. The Saatchi Gallery, founded by Charles Saatchi in 1985, is located since October 2008 in the heart of Chelsea London, in the historical building of the "Duke of York's HQ".
With an area of 6500m2, the Saatchi Gallery is the largest contemporary art museum in the world entirely free, attracting over one million visitors year. Highlighting the work of established artists and new talent, most never exhibited before, Saatchi Gallery has built a collection of contemporary art's most dynamic of our time. In Over the past 25 years, she presented a preview through innovative exhibitions, work over 200 little-known artists, launching the careers of artists such as Damien Hirst or Jeff Koons.
The Saatchi Gallery for many years a major influence on the international art scene, inspiring current and future generations of artists and art lovers. For "The Silk Road" at the Tri Postal in Lille, the Saatchi Gallery and lille3000 present an exhibition of the work of thirty artists Afghan, Chinese, Egyptian, Indian, Iranian, Lebanese, Pakistani and Palestinian. The exhibition (paintings, photographs, sculptures and installations) will take the audience on a road Art of Asia to the Middle East.
Among the exhibited works included the installation of Ghost Kader Attia, the Atul Dodiya paintings, sculptures of Diana Al-Hadid, Shadi Ghadirian's photographs and installation Old Persons Home by Sun Yuan and Peng Yu Works by Subodh Gupta will also be presented and will echo the monumental installation Hungry God, commanded by lille3000 installed in the church of St. Mary Magdalene since 2006 and recently acquired by the City of Lille.
