Éric Fonteneau has been a fixture of Nantes’ art scene since the 1980s. Un arbre, la forêt was created in 2012 for the renovation of Square Élisa-Mercœur. Using the silhouette of a dead tree, this approximately 12-m (40 ft.) tall work is made of three identical trees cast in bronze, upon which roughly 80 birds from five different models are placed. For the 2024 edition of Le Voyage à Nantes, this work was restored and completed by gilding the birds in the treetop.
Éric Fonteneau was born in 1954. He lives and works in Nantes.
Square Élisa-Mercœur, Cours John Kennedy, Nantes
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