While he was chosen to design the new liturgical vestments for Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral, designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac was invited to France Inter this Tuesday, December 3. The journalist Léa Salamé then did not fail to tease him about this project.
It would have been necessary more than five years of work to restore all its splendor to Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris. Impossible to forget the images of Parisians upset when, on the evening of April 15, 2019, around 6 p.m.they discovered the building burning. A serious fire broke out, destroying the roof of the cathedral and its framework dating from the 13th century, the spire of Viollet-le-Duc. The cause of the disaster? To date, the exact origin of the fire has been located in the attic of the cathedral but the causes remain unclear. No poorly extinguished cigarette butts or traces of short circuits were detected.
“We will rebuild the cathedral even more beautiful, and I want this to be completed within five years“, announced Emmanuel Macron during a televised speech, the day after the fire at Notre-Dame de Paris. It is clear that he kept his promise since the building is finally ready.
Léa Salamé spicy with Jean-Charles de Castelbajac on the subject of the church
While the reopening of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral will take place this Saturday, December 7 – American President Donald Trump has also announced his arrival –the French stylist Jean-Charles de Castelbajac was entrusted with a major role: he was the one who designed the new liturgical vestments for the church. A project that makes us proud from the 75 year old creator but which is surprising, as he is renowned for his rock'n'roll image, having spent time with Keith Haring, Robert Mapplethorpe, Malcolm McLaren, Cindy Sherman and even Andy Warhol.
The journalist Léa Salamé did not fail to push him on this subject during her appearance on the airwaves of France Inter, this Tuesday, December 3. “But what would your friends of the time, your friends of debauchery say?to see you designing chasubles for priests?“, she told him in a provocative tone, to which he replied firmly: “JI think they would all be at my side trying to work for sacred art because art and the sacred open doors to the invisible and art is that too. But we live in a time where the visible is so visible and accessible, it is time to reopen the doors to the invisible“. Too bad for those who don't like it!
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