The landing stage...
It is very pleasant to offer yourself this mini cruise from one bank to the other of the Loire, on this ferry which, every 15 minutes, makes the crossing. And, on Sunday mornings, in this magnificent setting of the banks of the Loire, on the Indre side, you can also stroll around the market where you will find many local producers...
And, of course, you will see the pier. And there...
Red serpentine
And there, some people grumble and grumble, wondering why this huge red pipe was installed there... and others, intrigued, amused, admiring, let the red serpentine suck their imagination...
40 meters long, it comes out of the river, crawls on the pier, and stands up, mouth open!
The father of this creature is Jimmie Durham, a flamboyant artist, whose work you will find a summary of on the "voyage à Nantes" website.
Artistic tour in the surroundings
In the surroundings, you can go and observe the incessant movement of Roman Signer's "pendulum", in Trentemoult, or the set of sculptures of animals that colonize three trees, "the settlers" of Sarah Sze, in Port-Lavigne, Bouguenais, or "Did I miss something?", the creations of Jeppe Hein, in Saint-Jean de Boiseau, or "the soft boat" of Erwin Wurm in the Canal de la Martinière...
I have collected the corresponding Internet addresses, all taken from the remarkable site of the "Voyage à Nantes".
Serpentine Rouge
Rue du bac
44610 Indre
Phone : 02 40 75 75 07
https://www.levoyageanantes.fr/oeuvres/serpentine-rouge/
https://www.levoyageanantes.fr/artistes/jimmie-durham/
https://www.levoyageanantes.fr/oeuvres/le-pendule/
https://www.levoyageanantes.fr/oeuvres/the-settlers-les-colons/
https://www.levoyageanantes.fr/oeuvres/ai-je-rate-quelque-chose/
https://www.levoyageanantes.fr/oeuvres/misconceivable-meconcevable/
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