Since 1990 the house at the corner of Bec-de-Leevre, Benoit Maison and Hotel -Dieu in Nimes France has had its walls decorated with repurposed scraps of tile, bike parts, dishes, construction refuse and more that is imbedded encrusted into the walls. We saw a picture of a piece of one of the walls. After that it took a bit of detective work to locate the location of the picture. We did and visited it this morning.
The house, and adjoining hotel, belongs to the family of Olivier Jullian, a 76 year old self trained French artist.. Objects from neighbors are brought to him and gradually added to the facades. Currently the pieces number in the thousands. Inscriptions and drawings also grace the walls.
The artist claims the project is a political statement. By using objects considered to be scraps he claims to there is an ecological dimension to his work. The work is organic, nothing is totally planned. It is all suggested by the materials he receives.
His work is registered and protected by the regional government in Montpelier, France
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Wow, this is quite fascinating, a very creative work of spontaneous art, sounds like it’s fun for the artist and creates a unique structure, probably couldn’t do that in America too many codes, and building rules.
What you say feels correct and this guy has the support of his neighbors and the regional government.