“Calligraphie” by Bernard Abril

The beach is adorned with the red bamboo signature of a local artist, Bernard Abril, in the form of a sculpture at the water’s edge of Plage Salis, here in Antibes.  Using the landscape as his canvas and stalks of bamboo for his letters, he created his calligraphy for everyone to muse.  He painted the bamboo red because he wanted to add ink to his script, and also because he says that red does not exist in nature.  The stalks of bamboo are planted into the sand and linked together, balanced by suspended stones which are also painted red.  He creates his signature sculptures in different places from time to time, and each time the calligraphy is different, drawing inspiration from each unique landscape. 

Comments

[Roy Staab]

I wonder why the bamboo is red. I think your work on the beach of Nice is wonderful in its calm sea. I have worked on the Pacific and Atlantic and the beach is far too rough. I made a bamboo work in Korea (large bamboo that you have used) that was on the river flood plain. The wonderful Korean artist photographed it when the rive was in flood in October 15 months after the work was made.
I like the tension with the string also in your piece. I watched some Japanese who used tension and stones as counter weights in their work....

[Roy Staab]

I wonder why the bamboo is red. I think your work on the beach of Nice is wonderful in its calm sea. I have worked on the Pacific and Atlantic and the beach is far too rough. I made a bamboo work in Korea (large bamboo that you have used) that was on the river flood plain. The wonderful Korean artist photographed it when the rive was in flood in October 15 months after the work was made.
I like the tension with the string also in your piece. I watched some Japanese who used tension and stones as counter weights in their work....

[bluevicar]

Wonderful! You got the photo that I meant to take but didn't get around to before I left for the USA. Isn't the sculpture something? I couldn't decide if it was something to do with sailing or fishing or an art...John found the fellow there once and got a brochure. And you got the scoop too. Good job!

I see you've been busy since returning to Antibes...we've got to talk about writing again, too. So many fun things to work on and so little time.

Meilleurs voeux!!