Martine Feipel and Jean Bechameil create installations that blend illusion, imagination, instabi- lity and the irrational within the gridlocked and controlled spaces of our contemporary world.
For Place Clémence-Lefeuvre they have created a sculpture that plays with the neighbourhood’s vertical rhythms and architectural layout. Using ceramics and concrete, its geometrical and colourful composition acts like a volume painting within this space. Influenced by the legacy of Brutalist architecture, the two artists chose to use exposed concrete in the tradition of Le Corbusier — who celebrated its “wild, natural and primitive” qualities — along with a precious material: enameled lava stone.
The sculptures are equipped with ovens, where locals occasionally come together to cook over an open, wood-burning fire.
Place Clémence Lefeuvre 44000 NANTES
How to get there?
Parking(s) nearby: Parking Les Fonderies
Public transport: Tripode, Fonderies, Ile de Nantes, Île de Nantes
Self-service bicycles: Station Naolib Vélo libre-service Vincent gache (n°56), Station Naolib Vélo libre-service De gaulle (n°78), Station Naolib Vélo libre-service Magellan (n°55), Station Naolib Vélo libre-service Martyrs nantais (n°47)
