The exhibition "American Sculpture at the Donjon" continues in 2005 for a second season, bringing together the works of fourteen artists—mostly American or living in New York, such as the French artists Bernar Venet and Alain Kirili. It spans forty years of artistic creation, from Primo Piano III by David Smith (1962) to Monk by George Condo (2002).

Some pieces are familiar to the French public, such as Calder’s Stabile, Mark di Suvero’s L’Étoile du Jour, or the minimalist sculptures displayed in the Guards’ Room.

Others are more unusual and reveal lesser-known aspects of a rich history: the pioneering work of David Smith, that of Robert Indiana—a pop art figure—or Joel Shapiro’s sculptures. These works reflect both a culture—through word sculptures, number sculptures, or references to European art—and a true renewal of American sculpture beginning in the 1960s, with the rise of large-scale constructed sculpture in the United States.

MARK DI SUVERO, Krofted (1995)

SOL LEWITT, Sans titre (1966-68)

BERNAR VENET, Arcs sculptures (2000)