2024

LES ARBRES DE LA LIBERTÉ

Parks and gardens
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In Schoelcher, a monumental sculpture has come to sublimate the Place des Arawaks since 2001, forming one with the surrounding nature. Created by the Martinican artist Henri Guédon, a man of peace, a committed anti-racist, the Trees of Freedom represent eight ornaments inherited from the Abakua writings of the Caribbean Indians: they symbolize the freed Man. These five bronze sculptures are statues halfway between Man and plant, evoking the fraternity and symbiosis that linked nature to the first inhabitants of the island.

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