Symbol of renewal, joy, blossoming and resurrection, spring holds out the promise of a beneficial tabula rasa, a promising new beginning that banishes the darkness and gloom of winter.

The first buds and the return of migratory birds, signs of its arrival, are artistic motifs that have inspired many artists, from Botticelli's “Primavera” to Arcimboldo's, from Monet's to Magritte's spring. The word, etymologically derived from the Latin ‘primus tempus’, meaning ‘first time, beginning’, is enough to conjure up a palette of soft colours, warm tones, shades of green, floral motifs and light scenes.

Like a window opening onto a nature in ferment, the works dealing with this theme carry within them a vital impetus, a breath of life, a gentleness and an optimism that will be brought to the fore at this exhibition.

Organised as part of the festival "Les Printemps de Haute-Corrèze" on the theme 2025: Spring & garden
Commissioned by Jean Paul Blanchet

With works of Scoli Acosta, Cécile Beau, Pauline Beck, Yves Bélorgey, Vincent Bioulès, Didier Boussarie, Franck Chalendard, Dorian Cohen, Karishma D'Souza, Fabrice Dubreuil, Jean-François Fourtou, Sophie Grandval, Corentin Grossmann, Pierre Joseph, Andrea Keen, Fee Kleiss, Éric Larrayadieu, Victor Levai, Manuela Marques, Nelly Monnier, Francis Morandini, Ethan Murrow, Marielle Paul, Raphaëlle Peria, Muriel Persil, Eric Poitevin, Laure Prouvost, Laurent Proux, Autumn Ramsey, Georges Rey, Jason Saager, Aurélie Salavert, Michael Snow, Mathilde Troussard, Guillaume Viaud, Xiao-Fan, Yves Zurstrassen