Othoniel or tenacity.
To see
Jean-Michel Othoniel, an enchanting artist again
, is to change the perspective on one of the most popular French artists and to measure an artist's commitment to defending his vision of the world.
The documentary, written by Olivier Widmaier Picasso and Philippe Lanfranchi, had followed him on his burning site in Qatar, then conducted in great secrecy.
Concentrated and almost impassive, he polishes before our eyes
Alfa
, this ballet in 114 sculptures of black pearls on the 900 m of the lagoon that he invented for the National Museum of Qatar (NMQ) and which dances with the water so dear to the desert in front of the sand rose by Jean Nouvel inaugurated in spring 2019 in Doha.
Metallic structures
The artist has never ceased to carry out projects in all directions.
At the end of 2018, he was elected to the Academy of Fine Arts in the sculpture section.
A man of reflection, he committed in January 2019 to participate in the many missions of the Academy in the defense, promotion and support of artistic creation.
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