Ode to Joy: a 3-metre-high sculpture by Guillaume Bottazzi à Croix
This glass sculpture by artist Guillaume Bottazzi is 3 meters high. It was made with enamels. This ecological material is a natural powder that is composed of various minerals.
For this year 2021, the famous artist Guillaume Bottazzi invites us to a gargantuan artistic journey with 28 works of art to discover in France as part of the European Heritage Days. The works presented criss-cross the country from north to south of France, from Croix, near Lille, via Paris, Lyon, Marseille and up to Mandelieu...
Guillaume Bottazzi has signed more than 100 environmental and poetic works in public spaces and it is in Croix that is presented this glass sculpture of the artist that is on the Domaine des Diamants Blancs, in the extension of the Mallet-Stevens next to Villa Cavrois, an iconic listed architecture.
Floral-inspired, it is a hymn to the joy and sweetness of life.
This poetic creation leads us to travel in an unreal universe. It nourishes the passerby by making him dream. It creates a poetic, enchanting and dreamlike space that evolves according to our imagination.
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This sculpture is to be discovered from the terrace and gardens of the restaurant YSY, located at 14bis avenue Winston Churchill.
Guillaume Bottazzi is a French visual artist with a psychological and poetic approach. It has been operating for 30 years in Europe, Asia and the United States.
It receives private and public commissions from museums, such as the Miyanomori Museum of Art, who commanded him the largest painting in Japan that dresses the museum, the Century Art Museum or the Mori Museum; cities, such as Brussels Capital or the city of Tokyo, with a work of 100m²; ministries, such as the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of National Education and the Ministry of Health.
Since 2004, Guillaume Bottazzi has been represented by the Itsutsuji gallery. This major gallery in Japan allowed him to win with several artistic commissions. She discovered artists such as Simon Hantaï, Pierre Soulages, Yayoi Kusama, Ay-o, Guillaume Bottazzi, but also introduced movements such as the Supports/Surfaces group, including Claude Viallat.
Guillaume Bottazzi’s official website: https://guillaume.bottazzi.org