Public procurement

The public artistic commission is a device of the Ministry of Culture that aims to allow artists to carry out projects whose scope, stakes or dimension require unusual means. This voluntary device gives a new breath to art in public space. Present in very diverse places, from urban space to the rural world, from historical monuments to gardens, from tourist sites to the public space that is the Internet, the art of our time in the public space involves a wide variety of plastic expressions including sculpture, photography, graphics, design, new media, crafts, landscaping or interventions by light and diversity of aesthetics.

This support for the creation of the Ministry of Culture - Directorate General of Artistic Creation responds to the challenges of expanding audiences of contemporary art and encouraging artists to create new and exceptional works.

To learn more: public order & support for artistic orders from the Ministry of Culture

The contemporary stained glass windows of the church of Saint-Martin de Monthuchon                                   

_{©Emile Barret}

At the initiative of the mayor of the municipality of Monthuchon (50) taking advantage of the renovation project of the church, the idea of the installation of a contemporary work within the building germinated and resulted in this realization.

_{©Emile Barret}

The subject of the resumption of the eighteen bays, the quality of the light produced inside the building, indeed required special attention: how to deploy, how to reveal the assets of the church Saint-Martin and the best aspects of its architecture? It was this question that gradually guided the idea of creating stained glass windows, the constitution of the dedicated steering committee and the sketch of Jenna Kaes.

It became an original work, a happy and wonderful encounter between art and architecture, a human encounter too, which proved fruitful. The artistic commission creates a new link between the heritage setting of the church and contemporary creation.

_{©Emile Barret}

The effect is successful as we appreciate the aesthetic result, as it operates – and the dynamic sign is there – a dialogue, a passage from one era to another, the possible projection between a heritage and creation.

Jenna Kaes

Jenna Kaës is a French designer conducting research and production around the mystical feeling and the possibility of giving shape to the spiritual today. His objects are inspired by our unconscious, our loves, our fears and the way of considering death today. His work includes collaborations with houses perpetuating ancient and precious craft techniques, always with the desire to highlight the heritage and values that underlie them. Jenna Kaës graduated in 2016 with a master’s degree in design for luxury and craftsmanship from ECAL (Switzerland).

To learn more: https://jennakaes.com/

The inauguration of this installation took place on October 21 in the presence of Frédérique Boura, DRAC of Normandy, the sub-prefect of Coutances and the mayor of the town, Mr Marie.

_{©Sophie Coulon}

To be discovered urgently!