The Salt Giant, a monumental statue installed a few days in front of Toulouse cathedral, was he asked to go do his acrobatics elsewhere? This work in steel and polyester powder, by Spanish sculptors Coderch and Malavia, landed on November 18 at Place Saint-Etienne, after having traveled to Sweden, Germany and Italy. It represents - 2 meters high and three wide - a Japanese buto dancer, in action. He is leaning back, legs apart and a bit more dressed than the cherubs from the nearby fountain. But some residents have apparently been "bothered" by his presence in front of a religious site.
"Two hours after [its installation], the town hall called us to tell us that it was not going", indicates Edouard Guiounet, collaborator of the Alain Daudet gallery, which currently exhibits the works of Joan Coderch and Javier Malavia.
Direction Wilson
And, this Thursday, the Salt Giant packed up to join the Esplanade François-Mitterrand, near Place Wilson.
But Jonnhy Dunal, the elected official in charge of the case, refutes that this move is linked to complaints from residents.
He assured AFP that it was planned from the start that the sculpture be transferred from Place Saint-Etienne to its new esplanade, "a neutral crossing point".
According to him, the exhibition in front of the cathedral should just be transitory, "while the esplanade is available".
Despite everything, no need to take giant steps to admire it until the end of the year, it is relatively close.
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