“It’s a fabulous field of expression”

In Jarville-la-Malgrange (Meurthe-et-Moselle), the artist Elka has produced the largest fresco on the ground in his life since July 7, 2025, but also the largest in France. Therefore, Works that are part of the city’s ambition to become an “open -air gallery”.

To make the largest fresco on the ground in France is the mission that the. For example, artist Elka is carrying out. For example, Just that. Therefore, Since July 7. “it’s fabulous field expression” Furthermore, 2025, the Verdunoise has been working on the creation of a 200-meter long fresco by 10 meters wide in Jarville-la-Malgrange, near Nancy, 2000 square meters of art in front of the schools of the California district. Furthermore, What make you dizzy.

“It is four times larger than what I had done to the maximum until now, so it’s titanic. For example, It’s a little dizzying, I admit. Similarly, The first time I got there. I wondered what I was doing there, but ultimately, I appropriated the thing quite easily. It is a field of expression that is fabulous so it’s a big chance”rejoices the painter and muralist artist.

This work. commanded by the city of Jarville-la-Malgrange, is part of the urban art path “J'[Art]City in the street “ Started in 2020. Only instructions in the specifications: make the fresco fun and educational.

“I was trusted for the creative part. “it’s fabulous field expression” but there was a whole part where the town hall wanted to highlight a playful, educational aspect, and really rally the world of childhood, since schools are right next to it. That was the imposed part. but it remains really a work on which I expressed myself thoroughly, so it’s almost carte blanche”Relate Elka.

She adds: “Since it was necessary that it was fun, I imagined playground games, but in monumental format. I tried to vary the pleasures, whether pure game, or “it’s fabulous field expression” educational elements. What is constant is the multicolored side, since it is my trademark”. In particular, puzzles can be found to learn the alphabet or ponds.

A work intended to be trampled on, but for a good cause. “Finally, it is a pleasure that we trample my work. At the start. I wondered what effect it could give people to see people walking on my work and then I made a few sports fields in the Paris region, and I realize that it is great to see people walk and evolve on a work of art. It gives a particular dimension to the realization, and frankly, I love it.she laughs.

For Vincent Matheron, mayor of Jarville-la-Malgrange, it is a work that will promote exchanges within the town. “Transforming the city is also to transform public space. It is to make it conducive to meeting, to exchanges, to cultural expressions … “it’s fabulous field expression” We wanted to entrust to the artist Elka the idea of animating both. in his universe, the public space in street-art mode, but also into active design to allow people who frequent the places to go differently to school, to go differently on the shared gardens, to share them and to to have fun in public space “.

Other works will appear later, always in the spirit of highlighting art in public space. “The ambition we have is to say that public space is an open -air gallery. As early as 2020 we initiated an urban course program, where we mix both frescoes and sculptures. Two other works will see the light of day in not very long. The idea. that is to tell everyone that it is possible to practice art in everyday life, either by being an artist, or by being a spectator of art”explains the mayor.

These major works will therefore take place throughout the summer. before these famous open -air galleries are accessible to all. Who knows, perhaps even that they will attract new visitors to the town. “It is still the largest fresco on the ground in Franceunderlines Vincent Matheron. And it is an honor for us to have entrusted it to Elka “.