Activity Booklet
Exhibition
For 6- to 12-year-olds

Welcome tothe Bourse
de Commerce— PinaultCollection

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We invite you to follow a pathway through the exhibition
Le monde comme il va (The World As It Goes), discovering
how contemporary artists reinvent the worldin which we live.
Prepare for an adventure where our reality can be turned
upside down, where artists make us lose all our landmarks,
and where each work tells of a world that is as unique as it isfascinating.

1KIMSOOJA
RotundaOur exploration
starts on
the ground floor,
in the Rotunda.
Here, artist Kimsoojachanged the floor
into an immense
mirror where you
can see not only
your reflection, butalso the building’s
architecture andthe giant dome.
It’s almost as if
the sky was upside
down!

Come closer to the mirror.
Detangle this sentence
and put it right side up:luferac eb ...sduolc eht no ecnaD!yawa yfl t’nod uoy taht

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SIGMAR POLKE& SALMAN TOOR
Gallery 2

Stay on the groundfloor. Go towards
Gallery 2.

Look for two paintings
with circus scenes.

Which circus
performer doyou wish you
were: juggler,tight-ropewalker...? Why?

Animals, clowns and acrobats
are up to their tricks. For bothartists, the world of the circus andof show life is much more fun
and free than reality!
You can become whoever youwant.

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BERTRANDLAVIER
Gallery 4

Take the grey cement
staircase up to
the second floor.

Artist Bertrand Lavier uses everyday objects to create worksof art. Here, he transformed a Ferrari, a very expensive car,into a dented sculpture, as if it had had a strange accident.

You can imagine a funnystory about how this car
got all its dents:

4JEFF
KOONS
Gallery 5

Go towards Gallery 5 on the left
and see if you can meet up witha pink dog.

Is this a plastic
balloon? Can’t be sure!
This kind of balloon canbe seen at birthday
parties. In this case,though, it’s a giant
sculpture where you cansee your own reflection,
because the artist,
Jeff Koons, made theballoon... out of steel!

Go all around it andhave fun noticing
how your reflectionchanges. Draw yourstrangely-shaped facein the balloon!

5Continue
straight
ahead toGallery 6.

CHRISTOPHER
WOOLGallery 6

Observe a big, grey, dripping
painting. It’s as if the artist wanted
to erase what he had done.
It looks like the graffiti that you cansee in the subway or on the street.

Inspired by thesemarkings, draw a linewith a pencil and use
your finger to blur it andleave a trace: Wide,narrow, long, zig-zag...
you’re the one whodecides!

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FRANZ
WEST
Gallery 7

Follow your pathway,straight ahead to Gallery 7.
White heads that look likefunny ghosts or strange faces
are standing up in front of you.
They were cast in plaster byartist Franz West. All you cansee is their nostrils and a large,
open mouth!

Draw funnyeyes on thetwo heads
below:

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CINDY
SHERMAN
Gallery 7

Just a little bit farther on in this hall,
you should meet the photo ofan elegant woman.
This artist likes to dress up as a character and then takeher photo. With the help of make-up, wigs and costumes,
she can change her appearance endlessly.
To Cindy Sherman, the world is a huge theatre and all of us
are its characters!

Which accessories wornby the artist would you
like to borrow from her?

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We’ve arrived at the endof our exploration!
Upside-down worlds, from the circus to the theatre, from
sculpture to photography, going by painting – Artists use
their overflowing imagination to make us see our world
differently.

All of these works belong to François
Pinault’s collection. Passionate aboutcollecting works of art, he brought
over 10 000 of them together. He isshowing them here to share themwith visitors like you.
Have you already collected anything
because you loved it? What?How’s the WorldGoing?

Draw your own visionof the world!

Title :We invite you to show your drawing
to the museum educators. You canrecognise them by their purple rope andbag. Discussing art is their mission, soyour drawing should catch their attention!

At the Bourse
de Commerce, you canlook at art throughthe eyes of a child
Free entry to the museum
for under-18s.

W he reGa me sL e arnYouWorkshops
That Are Fun

t s W he r eVisiYourselfYou Let
Be L e d

Meet at the Mini Salon, a freeaccess space for big and small.
There’s something happening here
every weekend from 11:30am to 5pm.
Free, no need to book

Time out for parents: children meet up
for an Architecture or an Exhibition
workshop.
Price : 12€
Free with the Pinault Collection
Membership card

Explore the museum, hand in hand,during a Family Visit.
Price : 5€ for the under-18s
Museum ticket + 5€ for adults.
Free with the Pinault Collection
Membership card

Discover all our activities for young
visitors on pinaultcollection.com