{"id":7685,"date":"2018-05-16T13:22:51","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T11:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/oeuvres\/eloge-du-pas-de-cote-2\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T17:01:53","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T15:01:53","slug":"eloge-du-pas-de-cote","status":"publish","type":"oeuvre","link":"https:\/\/www.levoyageanantes.fr\/en\/artworks\/eloge-du-pas-de-cote\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c9loge du pas de c\u00f4t\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In Place du Bouffay, <\/span>\u00c9loge du pas de c\u00f4t\u00e9<\/span><\/i> (\u201cOde to Sidestepping\u201d) is a monumental bronze sculpture representing a man in a suit bearing a strong resemblance to the artist, looking out at the horizon. Only one foot stands on the pedestal while the other dangles mid-air. The sculpture thus becomes an allegory of sidestepping and pays tribute to the audacity of a city and its strong commitment to culture.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Returning to the codes of classical sculpture, Philippe Ramette created two \u00c9loges<\/em> (\u201cOdes\u201d) which can be found Place du Bouffay and Cours Cambronne. This series of \u00c9loges<\/em> does not pay tribute to the glory of a man, but to an attitude. Whether it is in his drawings, sculptures or photos, Philippe Ramette\u2019s work offers off-kilter and quirky perspectives onto the world. Known for playing a character who is always elegantly dressed in a black suit, his photos show him standing upside down in a right-side up world \u2014 and vice-versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through these \u201cirrational experiments\u201d he questions reality in its most tangible and physical essence. Like a time-travelling dandy, he defies our world\u2019s rationality and, in its place, offers poetry and humour, as well as an absurd, metaphysical vision.<\/p>\n\n\n