A very focused jury met on Saturday November 9, 2024 at Landivisiau town hall to deliberate on the 187 works submitted by 102 artists. Association leaders and personalities including elected officials Laurence Claisse, mayor and his deputies Jean-Luc Michel and Daniel Pervès, Cécile Morel-Chevalier, director of the city’s cultural service, Annie Bourdilleau, Isabelle d’Arboussier, painter, winner of the Grand Prix 2023 and the Franco-Australian patron Yves Hernot who has contributed to several prizes since 2011 in painting and photography.
“The artist is the one who celebrates life”
This year, the event was chaired by Marc Bourdilleau, commander of the Landivisiau Naval Aeronautical Base. “In my life, I have been confronted with many difficult circumstances, but I have never had to prepare myself to faced with this artistic responsibility. So, I will try to define art as I feel it, that is to say as a window on the world which captures the ephemerality of our emotions beyond words. It is both movement and stillness. The artist, through his creative gesture, is not a simple witness, he is the one who celebrates life. In this, thank you to all of you who do it so well.” Under the golden bars, the pen of a writer takes shape and the public welcomed this unforeseen journey into poetry.
The complete list
The Grand Prix du Léon 2024 was awarded to Sylvie Rambur Lemaitre for her untitled works. Three mentions were awarded to Francine Mailfert Dupont for “Jardin secret”, to Eric Lorcy for “When sings the light” and to Philippe Henriot for “Le cavalier”. The Bad Sooden-Allendorf twinning committee prize was awarded to Chantal Tymen for “Orage”; Bideford twinning committee prize, Anne Hellegouarch for “Nocturne au lièvre”.
Landi-commerces Prize to Anne Marrec for “Sommets”; Prize from the Maguelonne Festival Committee Quinson Scoarnec for “Norisk – Siberia”.
For the Yves Hernot photography prizes, the Grand Prize was awarded to Kristof Kiger for “La maison bleue”, the 1st Support Prize to Carole Rolland for “Opération Bol de riz revisitée”, the 2nd Support Prize to Christine Lostanlen for “Le Trio”, the Hope Painting Prize to Christophe Lasselle for “Controlled Désinvolture”, the Encouragement Prize to Emma Forestier for “Collage on Paper”. Finally, you must discover in the council room, the oriental works of Isabelle d’Arboussier and those so nocturnal and luminous by Lucky Méar, the guest of honor, which strangely, respond to each other in a surprising poetic communion.
Practical
Exhibition visible until Sunday, December 15, 2024 with free admission, Monday to Friday, from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and from 2 to 6 p.m. p.m., Sunday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Open this Monday, November 11. More information on 02 98 68 67 63; email: [email protected]
