Camille - Pont De Boieldieu: July 3 - August 29, 2010
Les Jardins - Abbatiale De Saint-Ouen: July 4 - August 29, 2010

This summer, Belgian artist Arne Quinze is invited by the art festival 'Rouen Impressionnée' to construct an installation, Camille, on the Boieldieu bridge in the city center of Rouen. He will also present new works, entitled Les Jardins, based on Les Nénuphars by Claude Monet, in one of the beautiful churches of Rouen.

Rouen is divided in two parts by the river because it's running right through the city. The installation Camille needs to unblock the division between the left side and the right side of the river. She flirts with the bridge and the people from both sides and plays with their emotions of excitement and curiosity. Sunrays will play with the wooden beams; a game of light and shade will create ever-changing patterns and its immense size will absorb the people walking underneath it.

Furthermore the church L'Abbatiale de Saint-Ouen functions as the hotspot for Arne Quinze's exhibition Les Jardins. Here he will present thirty new works based on the water lilies Claude Monet painted in the backyard of his home in Giverny. The 'modernist' paintings will be adapted to his own specific style and language.

The festival 'Rouen Impressionnée' exists out of two components. In situ, an exhibition in the Museum des Beaux-Arts of Rouen with high profile Impressionist paintings, in visu, a contemporary art component putting public installations in town.

More information:
www.arnequinze.tv
rouenimpressionnee.fr