The homage paid by the city to the sculptor Antoine Bourdelle continues. On the occasion of the development of the alleys of the Emperor and Mortarieu, the municipality has allocated a cultural budget by launching a competition for contemporary creations around the artist from Montalban. This morning, it is the turn of the Nègrepelissian artist Émilie Prouchet-Dalla Costa to install “her” eight arrows on the Mortarieu alley. “I chose Corten steel to make this sculpture as solid as possible. This material has the advantage of oxidizing over time without the rust attacking the structure,” explains Émilie Prouchet-Dalla Costa. The feathers arrows are covered with gold leaf to recall the divine side of Herakles. This color goes very well with that of rust and will beautifully reflect the light. ” The 4.5 m high work represents the arrows of the Herakles archer, in reference to the masterpiece of Antoine Bourdelle kept at the Ingres Bourdelle museum and are planted on the slabs as if they had been shot from the Museum.
A place in his hometown
A beautiful highlighting of the talent of this young artist born in 1984. She lives and works in Nègrepelisse. Very influenced by archaic rites and customs, she builds a universe between strength and fragility where Corten steel mingles with blown glass. She teaches plastic arts and design at Toulouse II Jean-Jaurès University in parallel with her artistic career. She is also the artist who created the new monument to the dead in Parisot, inaugurated at the end of 2018. “For this creation, I had probably more pressure than usual. It is the first time that I have created a work for my hometown. By responding to the City’s call for tenders, this sculpture was obvious. It could only be designed and installed in Montauban. “
Since the end of 2019, it is the fifth sculpture to find a place in the public space after “Invictus” by Patrick Zévaco (at the entrance to the Jacques-Chirac Sports Palace), “Héraklès archer” by Corinne Chauvet (on the viewpoint in the Jardin des Plantes), “La Vague” by Patrick Berthaud, (on the Emperor’s alley) and “Cléopâtre” by Flavio De Faveri (on the Fontaines esplanade). There will only be one contemporary sculpture left paying homage to the figure of Bourdelle to be installed: a portrait of the sculpting artist, produced by Jean-Marc de Pas, on Place Foch as soon as the work in front of the prefecture is completed.
The work of Emilie Prouchet-Dalla Costa will be inaugurated on October 29.
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