Séverin Millet's sculptures in the Mercurart garden

Séverin MILLET's sculptures made for the Fubon Bank Foundation in Taipei will be part of the French plastic production on the occasion of "Nuit Blanche 2018" in the capital of Taiwan.

 

An opportunity to revisit his "Témoins" (witnesses) that we've installed in the garden last year. Their environment has changed thanks to many developments.

Enjoy !

A surprising visit at the Mercurart garden

Ain't this special, the temperatures are  below the seasonal norms and yet a small walk in the Mercurart garden gave us a nice surprise...

A Day Peacock was foraging one of our pink rosemary.
Two enchantments on the same photograph !

Did you already planned your stay in the Ardèche and your visit at the Mercurart garden and gallery ?

Gallery Mercurart wish you a happy 2018 !

Gallery Mercurart wish you a happy 2018 !

In 2018, we wish you good health and harmonious social relations

In 2018, we wish that our commitment in and for Culture, contribute the combat against the  withdrawal and the practice of power relations.

In 2018, we hope to see you or see you again at the Mercurart garden and gallery !

Some photographs taken this winter in the garden : mixture of past achievements and current creations…:

Preparing of the exposition "États d'âmes" (Moods)

5 Artists of the Mercurart gallery will be welcomed at the Priory of Manthes (26210) in the north of the Drôme department for an exhibition called "Etats d'âmes" (Moods).

Last wednesday, the 6th of September we transported and installed the Art Works.

Roses @ Mercurart

More than 90 % of the roses in the Mercurart garden are remontant (continuous flowering).
Which, despite the hot, dry conditions, gives beautiful blooming all summer.

St Cécilia the 6th of July 2017.                     Bouquet parfait the 6th of July 2017.

Great river Abitulon @ Mercurart

We took this photo in the Mercurart garden,
A bushy plant of the Malvaceae family, originate from Brazil. Abutilon mégapotamicum, the name of the species ( Méga – Great Potamicum – River), refers to the Amazon River.

The “great river” Abitulon can grow until 2 meters tall and spread as wide.

This plant is also known as "The Chinese Lantern Plant", we understand why, by seeing the flowers…

A clever spider @The Mercurart Garden

We met an artist spider, already presented in the blog of July 5, 2017.

But we just found out that its also a forger.

"Cyclosa conica" has as characteristic of weaving a vertical strip more dense in the middle of his painting, a "stabilimentum", she adorns remains of plants and prey.

"In the middle of this line structure, the spider leaves an opening, where it will settle down. Then it also closes this strip of waste and shrink among the debris in the eyes of some potential predators. The spider take part of the rare species that transform their environment so that they can be camouflaged. "For most animals, the camouflage works in reverse: they are the ones who adapt themselves to the environment".

Source RTBF info.

Another reason to name the large sculptures of Séverin, “Les Témoins” (The Witnesses) lays in the fact that one of the two is positioned in the right direction to observe what has just been described.

Swarms of butterflies @Mercurart

With the lavender bloom, each afternoon, in the summer heat, we find swarms of butterflies in the garden...

Red-legged partridge baby birds saved @Mercurart

Exhibition of Chloé Cottalorda

Art exhibition of Josiane Poquet

Art exhibition of Josiane Poquet from the 7th to the 23rd of April 2017 at Planzolles in the Ardeche (Auvergne Rhone-Alpes region) was a great success, have a look at her artist page over here...