For this year 2021, the famous artist Guillaume Bottazzi invites us to a gargantuan artistic journey with 25 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 Lille, via Paris, Lyon, Marseille and Mandelieu... Nine of them are to be discovered in the Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes region, including one in Auvergne.
Guillaume Bottazzi has signed nearly 100 environmental and poetic works in public spaces and this warm fresco, realized in 2011, was funded by the DRAC and the Region. It marks the entrance of the urban community of Clermont-Ferrand. Painted by the artist alone on the spot, on an industrial building, it is the expression of the body in motion and is offered to passers-by, similar to a ballet.
This poetic fresco induces us to travel in an unreal universe. It nourishes the passerby by by making him dream. It creates a poetic, enchanting space that evolves according to our imagination. The imaginary is anterior to our perceptions and ideas, it will reveal them, allow us to build ourselves, strengthen ourselves, renew ourselves and reinvent ourselves.
Guillaume Bottazzi’s official website: https://www.guillaume.bottazzi.org