Imagine yourself in your living room, contemplating a superb painting by a renowned artist… This dream is now possible.
The French painter Olivier Masmonteil had the idea of transforming the homes of the French into museums and art galleries.
Tired of seeing the cultivation places closed because of the Covid-19, the painter decided to launch “
A work at home
”, which offers all French people the opportunity to acquire an object of art for a few weeks.
An operation that wants to be "
a real breath of artistic oxygen
", explained the artist to AFP.
The painter, who says he is "
committed to a non-elitist and accessible art
", has already succeeded in mobilizing around thirty artists, galleries and art centers, and continues to call on other volunteers.
Works of less than 10,000 euros and not too fragile
Of course, you shouldn't expect to see
La Mona Lisa
hanging in your living room either: the initiative only concerns works of less than 10,000 euros, not too fragile, and located less than ten kilometers from your home.
To participate, this is done via the operation's Instagram page, @uneoeuvrealamaison.
Regularly, photos of the proposed works are posted.
Those who so wish then have two weeks to make the request, by email or by post.
A few lines of motivation are welcome.
At the end of the fortnight, the winners are selected, and the piece of art is then delivered to their homes.
Only fifteen euros are requested in exchange for the loan.
The painter Olivier Masmonteil said he was inspired by the model of “
artothèques
”, which, like libraries, offer loans of works of art.
These are centers dedicated to contemporary art, on the initiative of André Malraux in the 1960s. There are now about twenty in France, Lyon and Marseille, but also in other smaller towns. like Brest and Hennebont.
Ultimately, the artist would like to “
transform France into a giant art library and that this operation become viral.
We would even love that the Louvre priest be a small work!
".
