Bernard Alligand Exhibition “Iceland Telluric Garden”
March 24 - June 30
Free
Bernard Alligand Exhibition “Iceland Telluric Garden” is held from March 24, 2025 till June 30, 2025 in Louis Notari Library.
A land of ice and fire, Iceland has always held a certain attraction for writers, whether it was Jules Verne who drew inspiration from it for his Journey to the Center of the Earth or Pierre Loti who set the scene for The Fisherman of Iceland. Painters from the continent, for their part, were far fewer in number to visit Iceland. Yet! What place could be wilder, more deserted, closer to its origins than Iceland?
Bernard Alligand, after exploring many other lands, whether Asian (Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam) or Mediterranean (Egypt and Morocco, where he stayed several times for artist residencies), discovered Iceland about fifteen years ago, an island state in the North Atlantic, located between Greenland and Norway, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge separating the Eurasian and North American tectonic plates, a land of volcanoes, geysers, fjords, and glaciers. Half explorer, half geologist, with a passion for highly contrasting landscapes, raw materials, and unusual light, the artist was immediately captivated.
Free admission
