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Inauguré en septembre 1994 dans une ancienne usine, le MAMCO a respecté la mémoire du lieu. Cette architecture industrielle des années cinquante lui a permis d'installer un dispositif muséographique souple et en constant mouvement.

Il expose un large choix d'oeuvres du début des années soixante à nos jours. Ses installations, vidéos, peintures, photographies, sculptures sont issues de collections publiques et privées, de dons, de dépôts d'artistes et d'acquisitions.

D'une manière conviviale et ludique, inspiré de l'esprit de Marcel Duchamp, le MAMCO espère susciter une réflexion critique sur les notions d'"art contemporain" et de "musée". Nombre de salles sont réalisées avec la collaboration des artistes. Ceux-ci gèrent même certains espaces, exposant des œuvres d'autres créateurs, ou constituent de véritables "cabinets" dans lesquels ils viennent régulièrement travailler. Une "suite genevoise" réunit des artistes suisses reconnus.

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MAMCO opened in September 1994 in a former factory, and it takes into account the spirit of the building it occupies. The factory's industrial architecture of the 1950s allows for a flexible and constantly changing museum arrangement.

The museum exhibits a broad range of work dating from the early 1960s to the present day. Its installations, videos, paintings, photographs, and sculptures come to MAMCO on loan from public and private collections, as gifts, as artists' deposits or as acquisitions. In a convivial and playful manner inspired by the spirit of Marcel Duchamp, MAMCO aims to provoke people to reconsider their understanding of the notions of "contemporary art" and "museum". A number of rooms are installed in collaboration with the artists. In fact, some areas are even managed by artists, who either exhibit the works of other artists, or set up actual studios in which they come to work on a regular basis. A "Geneva Suite" brings together the works of well-known Swiss artists.

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