Les "Extatiques", contemporary art exhibition in the open air

It is "another way of seeing life, architecture, spaces", with "a different prism", that of the artists, sums up Fabrice Bousteau, the curator of the exhibition.

Entitled Nothing to See, the exhibition unveils some twenty open-air works, with free access. Most of them have been specially designed for the event with the aim of "create a new dialogue with the environment".

"I campaign (...) to put works of art in public space because it's free, so it's the best democratic access and it creates a surprise in everyday life", explained to AFP M.Bousteau.

Among the works presented at the Seine Musicale, "Meander", by Elsa Sahal, perched in the heart of Seguin Island and whose curves and shapes echo those of the river it dominates.

"It is a kind of monster out of the water accompanied by an underwater flora which is represented by these ceramic elements, on which we can sit and meditate on the link between man and nature, the link we have with water and the underwater world " says the artist.

Other works, like "The day the flowers froze", by Julie C. Fortier, or "Screwd Harmonies" by Matteo Nasini, offer a sensory experience to the visitor, focusing respectively on smell and listening.

In La Défense, visitors can wander and discover the works one by one on the Esplanade. At the end of the circuit, the obelisk of Iván Argote forms an arch whose tip spreads heavily on the ground.

"The obelisk, for me, is a symbol of strength and power. I wanted to take all this masculinity away from her and leave her on the ground", explains the Colombian artist whose work is located, not without a symbol, in the heart of the business district and along the same axis as that which sits on the Place de la Concorde.