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Exhibition of the work of Bruno Lebel at the priory of Airaines
"If we can bring together the symbols of heaven and earth in our innermost hearts, we can recreate our own Garden of Eden. We become a conscious allegory of eternity."
Bruno LEBEL
Exhibition of sculptures and drawings by Bruno Lebel, 1st Grand Prix de Rome for sculpture
For his exhibition at Airaines, the artist has chosen to show a collection of strange terra cotta forms like imaginary castles from a forgotten world, fortresses rising out of deserts of sand and stone. He quotes the great German mystic Meister Eckhart (1260-1327) and calls them “castles of the soul”. They are solid, even massive, shapes seemingly unmoveable in their stability, challenging the imagination. Here and there are scraps of forgotten writings that float up out of the human past, like a script that was never invented, opening the soul to the abysmal depths of Being.
Michel DESTOMBES
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
2008 exhibition from 11 May to 21 September from 2:30pm to 6pm; Sat-Sun and holidays in May and June, every day in July and August, Sat-Sun in September.
Adults €3 - Children (under 14): €1
80270 Airaines - Tel and Fax: +33 (0)322-29-45-05
