Délectation Printanière – installation

For this season II of “If spring came back? », Lili Bel has designed and produced a work full of contrasts; as much by its bright colors as by its warm materials, as well as by its calm and meditative symbolism; with the modern, mineral and lively place in which it is installed.
In this contemporary urban space with multiple traffic routes, Spring Delight is discreet, even shy in the choice of its location. Although it is partly hidden, the work lets itself be guessed, drawing the eye with its colored overhangs piercing from below the imposing escalators in operation in the entrance hall.
For the curious and daring spectator whose eye lets itself be drawn, Spring Delight offers the view of a beautiful green expanse, crocheted with soft and verdant wools. A veritable spring bed, lit up with dazzling flowers, also crocheted.
At the heart of this explosive and generous germination is a sign that reads “lawn at rest”. Undoubtedly a message to the attention of the spectator, inviting him to respect this nascent audience, but also offering him, the time of a breath, a little moment of meditation during which he can lend himself to dreaming that this Spring delight of wool continues its peaceful flowering, begins to stretch, spread out, form a body, even cover the architecture of Saint Jean d'Angely...
Florence Garnier aka Prune Kantor, March 2011