Reconciling genres and generations, Hippydrome brings together a collective exhibition featuring new acquisitions made by the Frac Normandie, including several donations, along with older works from the collection and others loaned for the occasion.
Hippydrome also nods to the central role of the racecourse in Caen’s urban planning. The majority of the works are interior landscapes or portraits that serve as miniatures of the world. They often share an eccentric or fantastic sensibility, loosely connecting them to surrealism and related art forms. The Hippie Movement, alluded to in the title, was a syncretic art form closely related to the Beat sensibility, while also drawing on Symbolist imagery, the Surrealist pantheon, and Pop culture.