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| all pictures courtesy of Sonia Terhzaz |
The scene above with sporty characters is set in an art environment in Baron, a small commune with around 1200 inhabitants (January 2021) in the Gironde area in the south of France. about thirty kilometers east of Bordeaux.
Life and works
This art environment is a creation of Jean-Claude Villot, who was born in the early 1960s, initially was a carpenter, later worked in a factory and nowadays is retired.
The art environment consists of two completely different types of creations, on the one hand a large field of sculptures situated in the exterior, as can be seen in the very first image, and on the other hand a number of decorated walls in the interior of the house whose occupants own the decorated field.
The pictures around give an idea of the decorated interior.
The house, that was occupied for many years by Villot's meanwhile deceased mother, is now the home of his sister and her husband, who inherited it.
Villot began decorating the walls around 2010.
His decorations have a light-hearted character, generally depicting events from everyday life, such as someone making a walk, a stream of water with fish swimming around or a dog being walked.
The field of sculptures
Around 2015 Villot began making sculptures from wooden pallets he collected at the local dump.
In agreement with his sister and her husband, these sculptures got a spot on the field they owned, located next to the house in which they now lived.
It's a field with a generous size that can accommodate a large number of creations.
Like the murals inside, they are made by Villot to depict an everyday event and to provide commentary on it, if that's convenient.
The sculpture garden is located north-west of the centre of the commune of Baron, along the departmental route D936, opposite the company Aquitaine Matériaux.
Documentation
* Article (August 2023) in newspaper France Bleu
These current events can include anything, such as activities of all kinds of political figures, but also of wearers of yellow vests, a common wear in France in recent years for people demonstrating.
Sport does have its own place in his creative work, especially rugby. When in 2023 the rugby championships were held in France, Villot paid a lot of attention to this event by making a sculpture of Antoine Dupont, who is captain of the France national rugby team.
The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris also got a lot of attention.
There are also comic characters.
Above we already encountered Tintin, and below on the left one can see Mickey Mouse.
The designation Ponpon le Cheval (Ponpon the horse) in the image below right is a tribute to a horse that helped in a vineyard in the French Languedoc area.
The sculpture garden is located north-west of the centre of the commune of Baron, along the departmental route D936, opposite the company Aquitaine Matériaux.
Documentation
* Article (August 2023) in newspaper France Bleu
Jean-Claude Villot
Decorated interior and sculpture garden
32 Route de Branne (also D936)
33750 Baron, dept Gironde, region Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
the sculpture garden can be seen from the road
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