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INAUGURATION OF THE NEW MANTRA MURAL FOR THE WALLS OF AUDUBON
The artist Mantra unveils a monumental fresco, populated with birds and vegetation, in the heart of the new Nida third-party space in Issy-les-Moulineaux, as an invitation to travel through the seasons over the floors of the building. It represents the local endangered species of the region of Issy-les-Moulineaux, chosen by the artist with the help of the LPO Île-de-France. The mural was inaugurated on Saturday afternoon, April 15, in the presence of the artist, COAL and the LPO.
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Published on 5 April 2023
For this fifth fresco of the Murs d’Audubon realized in France, seventh in Europe, the artist Mantra was invited by COAL and Altarea to invest the new third place Nida, in Issy-les-Moulineaux. Both artist and naturalist, like Jean-Jacques Audubon, passionate about entomology and butterflies, Mantra deploys a very precise line that plays with sharpness and blur.
Against a backdrop of lush vegetation through the seasons, many colorful birds populate the grand staircase of Nida. They were chosen by the artist according to a selection of locally threatened species on the territory of Issy-les-Moulineaux, made by the LPO Ile-de-France. The Kingfisher, the Barn Swallow, the Goldfinch, the Bullfinch, the Long-tailed Tit, the Spotted Woodpecker, accompany the visitor’s ascent, as an invitation to travel, to the rhythm of life, and as an invitation to action, in reverse of its disappearance.
OPENING ON APRIL 15, 2023
The mural was inaugurated on Saturday afternoon, April 15, in the presence of the artist, COAL and the LPO. On the program: an inaugural speech, guided tours of the fresco, and the screening of the film “The Birds of America” followed by an on-set discussion with the director Jacques Loeuille.
On the program: a inaugural speech by COAL, Mantra and the LPO (Ligue de Protection des Oiseaux), followed by a round table with these same actors; guided tours of the mural created by Mantra for the Audubon walls (2 sessions of 1 hour); the projection of the film ” The birds of America “ followed by a board with Jacques Loeuille
LE NIDA, UN NOUVEAU TIERS-LIEU POUR ISSYNida est un tiers-lieu de 1 500 m2 qui a vu le jour fin août 2022, au coeur du
futur écoquartier «Issy Cœur de Ville» à Issy-les-Moulineaux. Conçu par l’agence RAAM Architecture, il est exploité par Le Shack pour en faire un lieu partagé avec des espaces de restauration, de réunion, d’accueil, de lecture, des salles d’exposition et d’événementiel, et des ateliers créatifs pour tous les âges : ateliers biodiversité, couture, bricolage et création numérique.
MANTRA À NEW YORK POUR LE AUDUBON MURAL PROJECTEn parallèle, Mantra a été invité à peindre une fresque à New York, dans le cadre du Audubon mural project et en partenariat avec la Fungi Foundation. L’objectif de Mantra avec cette peinture murale, intitulée « Le voyage du roitelet », était de dépeindre une scène dans laquelle la faune, la flore et les champignons sont représentés dans une relation symbiotique.
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MANTRA
Youri Cansell, known as Mantra, is a self-taught artist and naturalist fascinated by entomology, the world of insects. Drawing on childhood memories of his garden in Metz, France, he paints numerous frescoes, most often of butterflies that he depicts in urban spaces, where they are rarely seen in the wild. Sensitive to his surroundings, Mantra works with scientific precision to establish an organic relationship between his subjects and their environments.
