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CULTURE / EXPOSITION

Born in 1940, Jean-François Le Jolis de Villiers de Saintignon grew up to join a special family of artists united by a common affinity with their archaic perception of the world: the same attraction for raw materials, early techniques and the vulnerability of primitive agricultural societies, dethroned by industry. In short, a shared nostalgia for times when man seemed to be one with his natural environment. Hearkening back to such bygone eras, Jephan de Villiers reinvents others. They are purely imaginary, recycling from his dreams the fragments of submerged worlds, assembling and constructing figures from all-organic materials (tree roots, birch bark, insects, moss, leaves and more) gathered in the forest, giving birth to a strange people from an imaginary land.

Iwww.musee-artbrut-montpellier.com

 

CULTURE / EXPOSITION

The L.A.C. welcomes Fabrice Hyber for “SOL, SOLS” running from 23 June to 6 October, an exhibition where each step resonates with the echo of our connection to the earth. Fabrice offers an immersive exploration of floors, the often-overlooked foundations of our world. The exhibition transcends the boundaries between art and science and invites visitors to rethink their relationship to the ground beneath their feet. The floors are the paintings! But “SOL, SOLS” goes beyond aesthetic contemplation and raises crucial questions about human impact on the land, confronting the viewer with the fragility of these precious ecosystems. Through his works, he reminds us that the land is much more than a simple physical support, it is the foundation of all life on Earth, deserving respect and protection.

Tél. : 04 68 48 83 62

www.lac-narbonne.art    

 

ART / EXHIBITION

The temporary exposition “A fleur de Verre” features modern-day creations in glass, within a unique museum that retraces the history of glass art from antiquity up to the present day. By highlighting the diversity and complexity of glass, the show assembles the expansive, protean, plastic and aesthetic energy of eight glass artists. The individual artists like to pose questions and seek to surprise and amaze museum visitors with works that invite reverie and reflection on the material and its history.  Glass artists Mathilde Caylou, Anaïs Dunn, Damien François, Juliette Leperlier, Sati Mougard, Michèle Perozeni, Anne-Lise Riond-Sibony and Jean-Baptiste Sibertin-Blanc invent, experiment, explore and seek our admiration. Through an art form that shape shifts to be abstract, figurative or which otherwise serves as a medium to convey a narrative, the artists always like to shake things up...

 

La Halle du Verre

50 avenue du Nouveau Monde

34270 Claret

Telephone: 04 67 59 06 39

For more information and tickets: www.halleduverre.fr

 

ART EXHIBITION / CULTURE

The contemporary art event “Supernature” showcases the enormous range of artist Jean-Luc Favéro. The exhibition in the heart of the medieval village of Matelles in Grand Pic Saint Loup draws viewers into Jean-Luc’s wild world of pastels, walnut husk drawings and imposing sculptures. A nature lover who calls himself a “hunter-gatherer”, the artist attaches great importance to giving a graphic translation of what surrounds him during his walks in the forest. If the materials used are rather rudimentary and poor, the aesthetic outcome is exquisitely rich, marked by effects of light and volume. His enormous sculpture of a stag in the forest created by moulding and shaping a gigantic mass of wire mesh is quite simply remarkable. The artist adeptly takes the visitor on a creative journey inside his sensory and poetic universe.

Maison des Consuls

Rue des Consuls

Tèl : 04 99 63 25 46

34270 les Matelles                                                                                                                    

Infos : www.maisonsdesconsuls.fr

 

EXPO / CULTURE

Discovered in 1860 by an abbot named Giniès, excavations have been ongoing at the archaeological  site since the 20^th century. In 1915, local scholar Félix Mouret acquired and excavated the site of the necropolis, where many valuable objects were found. A major restoration was completed in 2022. Today, the state-owned museum offers visitors a permanent immersive tour on two floors built around four central themes: the Carrefour des civilisations (Crossroads of Civilizations) introduces the site in the context of its territory and the Mediterranean basin, with representations from the Celtic world and the Iberian, the ancient Greeks and Asian art, Etruscan and then Roman worlds. The Oppidum evokes the four major periods of evolution experienced by the fortified town from 550 BC to 100 AD. The Necropolis display is devoted to traditional funeral rites and the discovery of ancient tombs.  “Categorise to understand” highlights an extraordinary series of antique vases, the crown jewels of the collection. No visit to the museum would be complete without passing through the area reserved for fascinating temporary exhibitions.

For more information:

Telephone: 04 67 32 60 35

34440 Nissan-lez-Ensérune

www.enserune.fr