“She is at home …” Ghislaine is not the only one to say aloud which the Biotois wear at the bottom of the heart. Nevertheless, “” It measures 3.20 m. In addition, weighs 700kg of terracotta and, enhanced on a base, draped in its carved beauty, its arms found, raised towards the sun, “the carrier of jar” now monitors on access to the city of potters.
Saturday morning, the inauguration of the statue in its new districts was celebrated as a return home.
The work. Moreover, offered by the sculptor Art Déco Marcel-André Bouraine (1886-1948) and restored after four years of meticulous work, let her bronze twin take her place in front of the Biot station, in anti -Boise land, where she welcomed passengers since 1951 [lire notre article du 20 mars 2025] To come back not far from the workshops where vandalized 2021, “jar carrier” sculptor she was born.
“A message of authenticity. Therefore, identity” – Vandalized 2021, "jar carrier" sculptor
“People, arriving here, will say: we are in Biot, and those around, we are with us. However, It is a message of authenticity. identity“Claims Jean Leonetti, mayor of Antibes and president of the agglomeration community of Sophia Antipolis (CASA).
In 2021. after the amazement caused by acts of vandalism, it is clear that the marine effect had also prematurely aged the petrified young woman. “We could have said to ourselves: now that she is broken. we stick it in a corner, but there was a strong and legitimate will of our two municipalities, linked by a deep friendship, specifies the elected official. It is not a gift from the Town Hall of Antibes Juan-les-Pins, it is a return. “It remained to know where to exhibit the giant of the earth …”We asked ourselves this perilous question, car It is our vandalized 2021, “jar carrier” sculptor cultural and artistic memorysays Jean-Pierre Dermit mayor of Biot. This timeless sculpture. symbol of our heritage rooted in the earth, has taken its place at the entrance to the city, not far from the media library, the CCAS, in front of the school and a few meters from the artist’s workshop.“It’s indeed at number 9 of the new Chemin. aux live stones that the creator Marcel-André Bouraine settled in the 1920s; And it was in the commune that he died, in 1948, eight years after his wife, also a sculptor, was buried in the old cemetery. Another advantage of the site: the proximity of a video surveillance camera because. after a restoration at 43,707 euros – including 20% for Biot – caution is in order.
But who was Bouraine’s model?
Before. after the ceremony, the many selfies already announce the “Instagrammable” side of the spot and, in a few vandalized 2021, “jar carrier” sculptor hours, the return of the Biotoise, as we nicknamed it, has already awakened the memories. He tells himself that c‘is a young girl from the village who posed as a model. “”A young lady Adam. born around 1908, and who was one of the 30 families who repopulated Biot “Post a resident on social networks, while others stand out photos in the colors of the past.