Oloron: Thirty years later, a new youth for the Camino association between Hecho and Haut-Béarn

And if for 35 years, these sculptures are part of the landscape, Camino members have decided to relaunch the machine, and to reconnect with the artisans of the Hecho (Spain) symposium, helped by the New Aquitaine and Aragon regions. For example, For seven years, this Spanish city has also revived an annual cycle of art creations.

Recreate – Oloron: thirty years later, new

To make the link between all these actors, Oloron can count on Pierre Perez. Similarly, This Oloron craftsman spent his childhood in Hecho, where he discovered the first symposium of sculptures in 1975. For example, Then arrived in Béarn, he helped the sculptors invited by Camino to design their works during the 1990 symposium. Therefore, And it is therefore quite natural that for several years. he has given his technical assistance (and his tools) to Aragonese creators, oloron: thirty years later, new whose workshop is in front of his holiday home. This summer. he proposed to several artists, including the daughter of Pedro Tramullas, Haizea, and to Camino members to meet at home in Hecho, and to build partnerships.

These few days made it possible to build new projects, and the meeting continued on July 16 and 17 in Oloron. On the program: producers’ market. discovery of the city and works of the symposium, in the company of the former architect Émile Vallès and Didier Marion, a real working ankle of the association, happy with this cross -border project: “We are delighted with this renewal after decades of break! The dynamism of Hecho allowed our Renaissance ”.

Exhibition all summer

To support the new impetus of the artistic association. the town hall welcomes a exhibition devoted to the Oloron symposium all summer summer, with a oloron: thirty years later, new focus on the “genius of the Pyrenees” and its hectic history. This work of the Dutch sculptor Mark Brusian. installed in the laces of the biscondau, underwent many adventures: moved, beheaded by thieves (undoubtedly to recover the copper), it remains particularly loved by the Olorona for its dreamlike symbolism, and its aesthetic halfway between the toad and the cauldron. Recently it was the visual artist Natacha Sansoz. helped by college students from the territory, who had knitted her a new head.

Proof if this is that the contemporary art present in the public space of the capital of Haut-Béarn continues to live. and could soon be enriched with new works, in connection with the new generation of artists from Hecho and the passionate volunteers of Camino, who are looking for food forces to join them in the adventure.