In the heart of the archesculpture

Name: En el corazón de la arqueescultura
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Musée Robert Tatin (Cossé-le-Vivien)

Discover the key points of Robert Tatin's archesculpture.

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

Throughout this weekend, mediators will be at your disposal at various key points in the museum to help you understand the polymorphous work of Robert Tatin and immerse yourself in the heart of this unique arch-sculpture.

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thèmes 2023

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Musée Robert Tatin (Cossé-le-Vivien)

Cossé-le-Vivien

Mayenne
Pays de la Loire

In 1962, Robert Tatin buys, with his wife Lise, a small old house at the place called La Frénouse on the commune of Cossé-le-Vivien in Mayenne. He imagines his «Maison des Champs», a monumental work rooted in nature, which would be the crossroads of all civilizations through the creation of a universal language, a «bridge between East and West».
Soon, the first sculptures of painted reinforced cement appeared in what he called «The Garden of Meditations» which constitutes the heart of the museum.
In 1967, the communal path that leads to its living and creative space is given the first of the 20 «Giants» that border it today and that he named Giant’s Alley. It was the beginning of twenty-one years of creation, sculptural, architectural and pictorial, in the company of Lise who actively participated in the construction of the museum.
Robert Tatin died in 1983\. Since then, apart from successive restoration campaigns, this work has remained the same…