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She wears a mask and long ears which are the artist’s signature: a statue of Paul Toupet was inaugurated this Tuesday, October 8, Place Tournier. It is the first step towards a cultural route in the old center. A statue of Gabriel-Fauré, as we know, will be unveiled in a few weeks not far from there, Place Notre-Dame-du-Camp, before a third installation on Rue Gabriel-Péri, at the start of next year.
All of his works wear long ears and hide their faces: “The rabbit is my favorite animal. The mask is because I’m shy. My character looks a lot like me. It’s a bit of me. He wears besides my tattoos”: the artist Paul Toupet took a kind and moved look, this Tuesday, October 8, at the statue which was inaugurated at Place Tournier, on a base left empty by a very old theft. “When I came to Pamiers for my exhibition, I was staying on the square, and I saw this base through the window, remembers the sculptor (1). I started to imagine what could be put in there. This was before the municipality project was born.”
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Beautifying the city and taking the first step in creating an artistic route which will ultimately bring walkers and tourists from Carmel to the old center: this is the wish of the municipality. “This statue makes this place absolutely unique, noted the mayor, Frédérique Thiennot. It is part of a vast renovation project for the city. It is a lever to beautify the space and rediscover our identity. is also the first episode of a cultural itinerary throughout the city. It allows us to “take a look at what surrounds us”, added Jean-Luc Lupiéri, deputy mayor in charge of culture, while Sébastien Gonzalez, director of cultural affairs, was delighted that “we allows art to find its place in the lives of the inhabitants of Pamiers”.
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Still, the statue itself – an aerial child who takes flight, his foot resting on a large fish – has attracted many laudatory comments. Michel Raulet, deputy in charge of cultural affairs, even said he was “moved” to see this place become so beautiful again. A former student of the nursery school (which today houses the CGT premises) a passerby said under the charm The children – there were 120 of them participating in the inauguration – sent a friendly greeting to the statue. A new friend, or almost, other statues are to come: that of Gabriel-Fauré will be inaugurated in November. Notre-Dame-du-Camp, as part of the centenary of the death of the famous Appamean composer A statue offered to the city by the association “Musiques au pays de Gabriel-Fauré”. . But without further details. No comment, replies Sébastien Gonzalez, director of cultural affairs.
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