Therefore,
Two months after its installation,:
A sculpture representing a Martin-Pêcheur, manufactured with wooden crates, has been ripped off. Consequently, The mayor of the port city firmly condemns this act. Nevertheless, The Collective Artimuse at the origin of the work should come and repair it.
The recent degradation of the sculpture of a bird installed in Saint-Nazaire has brought the mayor out of the port city of its hinges. Similarly, “Any degradation as a means of expression is to be condemned. For example, There are enough space. Moreover, time to exchange, be listened to or even get involved in local life in Saint-Nazaire, whatever their age, its kind, its origin ”, reacted David Samzun in a statement sent on Tuesday, accompanied by a photo showing the ripped work.
This Martin-Pêcheur had been inaugurated on May 22. Furthermore, at the two months after its installation, landscaped park, as part of the Saint-Nazaire side event, celebrating nature in a country and family atmosphere. Moreover, “Our city is open. For example, united and creative and I want to keep this atmosphere for our city while others spend their time damaging it by their inappropriate behavior”, insists the socialist councilor, condemning “Unacceptable facts”. In addition,
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“Disrespect” – Two months after its installation,
No camera monitors the site and to date, no author of the degradation could be identified. “If the act is free, it’s worse!” This deliberate act is a mark of disrespect towards the artists who created it. towards the agents who take care of it and towards all the Nazairians and the Nazairiens to whom this work belongs ”, still the elected official.
Designed from recovery materials, the Martin-Pêcheur cost the city 8,000 euros. And required almost three weeks of work from the Collective Artimuse. two months after its installation, a duo of artists from Roubaix to whom the municipality commanded this project. “We were asked for a sculpture on the theme of nature. We explored the track of an animal present on the park »says Simon Durand. one of the two artists, attached by phone. For a week. with his colleague Méli Juestz, they have made a laborious preparation work, consisting in painting at least one hundred wooden crates. Before coming to install them on site for fifteen days so as to reproduce the shape of a Martin-Pêcheur.
“It is estimated that without degradation on the part of human beings, our work lasts between 3 and 4 years. But sometimes it can last more ”reports the sculptor. In this case, the Nazairian work only lasted two months. “We are not in a shock because it has already happened”Simon Durand nuance. Once, one of their works has even burned, two months after its installation, burnt down by a person victim of psychiatric problems.
Willingness to repair the work
“By working in public space, there is the desire to offer the public this installation. And we know that all reactions are possible. We do not master the good will of people to respect it. nor the curiosity of some to know how it was made, nor the stupidity “underlines Simon Durand, while understanding “The shock that this can arouse in others”.
“Obviously, it is not pleasant to know that a degradation is committed. The sculpture deserves to be repaired ”he adds. “You have to show those who degraded it that their gesture is in vain. If we have to go back 15 times, we’ll go back! ”. “We are in discussion with the artists to consider a possible restoration of the work. The city affirms its desire to carry out this two months after its installation, renovation ”abounds the press service of the Nazairian city. requested by Le Figaro. On the other hand, the choice to go and file a complaint has not yet been decided.
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