Last summer, drought and fires ravaged the Monts d'Arrée and the forest of Huelgoat, with granite rocks once covered with very green moss.
On July 13, François Pinault, usually not very talkative, explained to the
Telegram
why he supported the work of reconstructing the moor and enhancing the chapel of Saint-Michel-de-Brasparts (now in progress).
“In 1990, after the fire in the Brocéliande forest, I wanted to participate in its reforestation.
Today, it is another of the natural and spiritual high places of Brittany which is struck.
The Breton that I am naturally feels concerned.”
His answer is also Parisian.
It's "Before the Storm".
Marked by this disaster, the businessman, patron and collector, wanted to give voice to the artists in his collection who are tormented by the question.
They translated nature, its miracles, its excesses, its renewal into symbolic works, such as Tacita Dean's clouds...
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