Art galleries exhibition spaces foundations and cultural centers Aquitaine

The motorways of the South of France have chosen to account for the meeting of the motorway with the millennia of the pilgrimage of Santiago de Compostela. At the centre of the area is a bronze pilgrim with a drone, a patroller and a hat adorned with a shell. Seven pedestrian lanes symbolizing the main paths of pilgrims from France lead to the centre of the exhibition.

Built around 1120 by Gaston IV le Croisé, the commander's residence, hospital of Aubertin's hamlet is located at the entrance to Laring wood, a thick forest once infested by wolves and bandits. Today the building is listed in the Inventory of Historic Monuments, it can be visited freely with in addition exhibitions throughout the year. You can enjoy this passage to the Commandery to discover the Romanesque church of the same period dedicated to St. Blaise with medieval sculptures that evoke biblical scenes and beside the cemetery with some discoidal steles dating from the thirteenth century. Opposite the church, the House of Jurançon contributes to the tourist attraction of the place.

Sébastien Rideau, Soulacais and visual artist passionate about nature and the ocean, has installed his studio in an old oyster shack: Le Ras d'Eau (a play on words between the raft of the Medusa and "at the water's edge"). Anxious to preserve the soul of the place, he has preserved the ropes, nets and buoys typical of the port. Here, we enter the wonderful world of jellyfish, sea urchins, octopuses, etc. made of resin, Plexiglas or polyester. Coiled in glass cases, these luminous and colored sculptures seem to float in mystical abyssal depths.

A gallery of photographs dedicated to the beauty of the forest Landes, «magical and majestic, despite its wounds, the forest Landes plays with all the lights, disturbed by the seasons, and winds». Before coming to the Landes, Bertrand People-Willaumez was an advertising photographer for renowned perfume brands. Since August 2005, it has been in this ancient village grocery store that you will discover on the walls and over the course of the seasons the luminous look it covers the nature and magnificence of the forest Landes. Far from mere photographic representation, he reworking the grain and the colour of his photographs in order to put on paper the forest as it feels. Pines, lakes, roads, dawn fog, a journey in the heart of Europe's greatest forest, mysterious and dreamlike.

It's an exhibition space that showcases contemporary works, antiques, industrial objects and design. The gallery is described as an artistic hive, worthy of the great cultural centers of major metropolises. Visitors can discover an eclectic selection of works of art and original objects, presented in an atypical space, a former garage. The gallery's passionate owners welcome visitors with warmth and enthusiasm, taking the time to show them each work with passion. The gallery is a must for lovers of contemporary art and design.