Roland Kappel's cranes

COUP DE VILLE - part 9


Contemporary art in private houses, gardens, museums and public space.
More than 40 international artists on more than 25 locations.

This tour has taken us into an abandoned schoolhouse, an empty shop (not published yet), private gardens, cellars, attics, modern and old private houses, an architect's workspace, ...  and now its taking us into a flat on the eight floor of an apartment block.  I love these unusual and unexpected locations, it is part of the fun and surprise next to the art work exhibited.

The whole living space is taken over by cranes.

Assembled within the tiniest details.

Almost touching the ceiling.

Set amidst the daily environment of the inhabitant of the flat.

The host-lady talks about her 'temporary lodgers' with great enthusiasm and is very well documented on the artist.

From the window one can spot real cranes towering over the city (not visible in the picture).

Roland Kappel lives in Germany and works in Atelier 5 in Mariaberg.

More pictures in this LINK on outsiderart.de.

And more HERE.

Coup de Ville

Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
until 24 October 2010 - last 2 days!!

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View all posts on the art tour HERE, more in the next days

Abbé Adolphe Julien Fouré - Les Rochers Sculptés

At only a stonethrow - pun intended - from Saint-Malo, the small town Rothéneuf  on the shores of the Emerald Coast in Brittany, an extraordinary site of about 600 square metres consists of carved granite rocks.

The first carvings date back from 1870 and it took 15 to 25 years - according to different sources - to sculpt some 300 figures.

Inspired by pirate's tales, Boer wars, saints from Brittany and more.

A stroke partly paralyzed the priest Abbé Fouré (1839-1910) and left him deaf and mute. He retired and became a hermit in this area and started carving with the aid of an elderly helper.

Back on top of the carved rocks on our way to the car park that actually belongs to a restaurant...

... which has a stunning view and great decor.  We would have loved to have dinner here but we still have some 250 KM ahead of us and we're running out of time.  But I'm already wishing to come back here ... the restaurant, Le Bénétin,  looks very promising.

le Palais Idéal du Facteur Cheval

Le Palais Idéal (1879-1912) was built by country postman Ferdinand Cheval. One day, he tripped over an unusually shaped stone; he picked it up. The stone fascinated him and he started to collect unusual rocks and stones for 33 years, using them to build this monumental palace. It is a mix of Oriental and Western styles. It has intricate sculpted figures, palm trees, beasts and turrets. Inside there is a crypt; he wanted to be buried here but didn't get the permission. So on the local churchyard he built himself a tomb.
Hauterives - France