• In the spring, art goes green in many sites with exhibitions in the middle of nature.

  • Near Rennes, the Ar Milin' park in Châteaubourg is hosting the 20th edition of the Jardin des Arts event from Sunday.

  • Not far from there, the park of the Château des Pères in Piré-Chancé hosts monumental sculptures all year round, which have met with great success.

With the return of sunny days, it is often more tempting to treat yourself to a walk in the open air rather than lock yourself in a museum.

But in recent years, art has gone green in many sites, allowing you to enjoy the joys of nature while contemplating works.

Near Rennes, two private parks are thus transformed each year into an open-air museum and host sculptures and monumental installations.

In Châteaubourg, to the east of Rennes, the Ar Milin' park and its five hectares of greenery offer a wonderful playground for artists.

Owned by the Burels, a family of industrialists who also manage the hotel-restaurant Ar Milin' (the mill in Breton) at the entrance to the park, it has been hosting the Jardin des Arts for twenty years.

An event which "aims to be a showcase of today's art", according to Gisèle Burel, president of the association Les Entrepreneurs Mécènes, and has made it possible to present since its creation the work of 130 artists and more than 300 works. to a connoisseur or neophyte public.

Land art or the art of using nature to constitute the work

For its 20th edition, which opens this Sunday, Jardin des Arts has chosen to take an interest in land art, "a contemporary artistic current using nature to constitute the work or leaving the work in nature until its destruction ".

Recognized artist of this movement, the British Chris Drury thus used stones and pieces of wood found in the park to create his work

The energy of a stone row

imbued with mysticism.

"It's the context of a place that will determine how I will treat a work," he says.

In this magnificent setting of greenery, Rainer Gross has for his part installed strange structures made up of wooden elements around the hundred-year-old trees that populate the park.

Asked about the meaning of his work, the German artist prefers to kick in touch.

"I leave the free interpretation to the visitors," he says.

Walking through the park, some visitors may not even see it.

Others will be amazed or will find that it distorts nature.

The artist can give keys but it is up to the public to open the doors”.

More than 60,000 visitors each year to the park of the Château des Pères

In Piré-Chancé, about fifteen kilometers from Châteaubourg, the park of the Château des Pères, which covers 31 hectares, also offers a collection of monumental sculptures open free of charge all year round.

Founder of the eponymous construction group and owner of the premises, Jean-Paul Legendre wanted to share his passion for sculpture and contemporary art in this place by creating this place open to all.

And the success is there since the park sees more than 60,000 visitors parade each year, making it the fourth most frequented natural area in Ille-et-Vilaine.

How nature and culture can go hand in hand.

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