The gesture is ample, the vivid colors, which are part of the freshness of an autumnal blue sky which one has the impression that it has rubbed off over the entire height of the wall. In the morning, the three of them got down to cover the entire surface of this building gable, the Vand’affaire building, in the heart of the Vand’Est district with this blue “swimming pool”.
But now alone Romain Froquet , perched at the top of the elevator, plays with brushes, and little by little gives all its flesh to what he perceives as a “totem”, and even better, a monumental “tree”.
Romain Froquet was chosen from a list of eight names that Galerie Matgoth (specialized in urban art) submitted to the town hall of Vandeuvre. The latter had indeed shown itself eager to add a second fresco to its landscape, after the first carried out. near the Bernie-Bonvoisin hall and signed JBC.
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A fresco for all
This operation, financed in partnership with the social landlord MMH, was scheduled for the start of the week. The re-containment, however, almost put it on hold, but ultimately only delayed it for two days. And here is the artist, 20 years of experience, hard at work, literally.
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“It’s both a privilege, especially at the moment, but also an absolute necessity”, appreciates this artist who is preparing to exhibit in the open. “It is essential to continue to create, to share. Because we don’t just do it for us, especially in mural painting. »Painting likely to be appreciated by a whole community in this set where, until now, urban art had no right of citizenship.
“However, let us remember that a mural does not belong to the artist. But good to all those who go to see it day after day. “
The fact that the choice fell on a tree has everything to please him. For aesthetic, social and even philosophical reasons. “My work focuses on the line in general, because it is the line which links, which connects, which creates links. Now the tree also has this virtue. Through its root system, it connects with its peers. And it is also a metaphor for the human condition. Rooted, he asks simultaneously only to take off!
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Life signal
Convinced that street art has the virtue of pushing people to question themselves, as much as to talk to each other, “sometimes even to find each other”, Romain Froquet feels out of place both in Paris and in a disaster-stricken village. former miners in Aveyron. Or in a city in the Grand Est. And more in this complicated time. “Because if an artist can work right now, it’s a signal that life doesn’t stop. And that the trees still have the hope of growing.
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