This warm work by artist Guillaume Bottazzi, which was realized in 2009, was funded by the Ministry of Culture (DRAC) and the Region. It marks the entrance of the agglomeration community of Clermont-Ferrand.
This sensual and sinuous fresco is located on a protected industrial building. It enhances the expression of the artist’s moving body and leads us to travel in an unreal universe.
In 2023 the famous artist Guillaume Bottazzi invites us to a gargantuan artistic journey with 40 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 up to Mandelieu... Ten of them are to be discovered in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, including one in Auvergne.

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.
The artist has signed more than 100 works of art in public spaces. 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