“Exhibiting in a chapel is quite incredible”, the students in preparatory class at the Beaux-Arts in Sète are exhibiting for the first time

Victor, Stella et Cléa, trois étudiants qui exposent à la Chapelle du Quartier Haut jusqu’à dimanche. Midi Libre – Clotilde Rodriguez

La Chapelle du Quartier Haut accueille pour le week-end, du vendredi 31 janvier au dimanche 2 février l’exposition Hors Situ, des étudiants de classe prépa art et design de Sète.

Exhibiting in a place dedicated to art is the dream of many young artists. It is coming true for the preparatory class of the Beaux-arts of Sète. Around twenty students will exhibit in the Chapelle du Quartier Haut, from Friday January 31 to Sunday February 2 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The opening of the exhibition will take place this Thursday January 30 at 6 p.m.

A common theme

From charcoal drawing, cardboard sculpture to bringing a drawing to life with recycled objects, the students were able to express part of their personality through their works. A common theme: measures and excesses. Some, like Cléa, were inspired by the place to create their project:“I observed the environment, and I launched myself on the idea of ​​reproducing a chapel as in a dream. I will work a lot on the volumes and spaces with the cardboard”. For her part, Stella started from her imagination, considering the subject, excessive measures, as reality and dream. So she brought to life a character from her drawings, “I imagined a myth in which characters would live our dreams on another planet. He, who I bring to life, is the one who studies them. There's something a bit crazy, but I like it”, she adds with a laugh.

A first exhibition for students

For most of the students, it's the first time that their work will be exhibited outside the school walls. “There's still a little pressure, but it's good pressure. People will really see what I do”, Stella confides. Shared by his classmates, Victor even specifies that he “has never spent so much time on a work”. Others, including Cléa, are nevertheless confident and rather satisfied: “It's such a great opportunity and in a chapel, it's quite incredible.”

For future members of the fine arts, the establishment's open house will take place this Saturday, February 1st from 10:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with two information meetings at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. at 23 rue Jean-Moulin in Sète.