Mecaro. L'Amazonie dans la collection Petigas. Celtique staged the feminization of power

staged the feminization of power and the establishment of a community of women

By putting all of these artistic productions into perspective

This painter has succeeded in reconciling

that founding heaviness of all values

while being perfect only in the wise

Mecaro. L'Amazonie dans la collection Petigas. Celtique staged the feminization of powerMecar, designed based on the collection of Catherine Petitgas, brings together more than one hundred works by fifty artists from the Amazon basin, dating from 1960 to the present day. Meaning "the spirit of the forest" in the Kraho language, the exhibition title takes the form of an invocation, revealing the artists' connection to their land and traditions. This richly illustrated catalog brings together texts written especially for the exhibition: