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NOW ALMOST 90 YEARS YOUNG, THE ARTIST HAS REALIZED HER MOST AMBITIOUS PROJECT EVER
by Edward M. Gómez
RENENS, SWITZERLAND — Recently, on the bright, crisp, late-autumn afternoon of November 5, 2022, a monumental expression of the sense of pure joy an artist derives from the process of creating was officially unveiled and inaugurated at La Ferme des Tilleuls, a small art center housed in a former railway-depot building in this small town located immediately to the west of Lausanne.
The tall, multicolored, ceramic-covered structure, “Le Colossal d’Art Brut ORGANuGAMME II,” is the brainchild of the French artist Danielle Jacqui, which she had been developing and elaborating since 2006.
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Like that elegant city built on hills and surrounded by a region of vineyards, Renens overlooks Lac Léman, with stunning views of the water and the majestic, snow-topped Alps in the near distance that are more powerful than any big-budget fantasy movie’s computer-generated special effects.
Renens is an industrial suburb of its larger neighbor. La Ferme des Tilleuls’ property lies close to a small train station and the Swiss national railway tracks along which local and high-speed regional lines pass on their way west, to Genève, and east to Lausanne and other destinations.
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