In their time, modern artists have found in the circus world a space of freedom conducive to their pictorial experimentation. They drew on an abundant repertoire of motifs, forms and figures to replay and reinvent in order to deconstruct the social, ideological and cultural norms of their time. This fascinating show - at times corrosive, at times poetic - which has the singularity of exulting life as much as it exalts the senses, has captured the most innovative artistic currents. But what about contemporary creation? In what ways is this synaesthesia of the senses and this space of freedom being re-enacted by the visual arts today?

To coincide with the 11th Bayeux International Circus Festival, and to mark its 20th anniversary, Le Radar has brought together a host of visual works to take you on a journey to the stars! It's an invitation to informed spectators and the curious to extend the show beyond the big top...