On Saturday, November 16, in the evening, the surroundings of thecultural space ofOrry-la-Ville attracted a large audience. Braving the first harsh winter, everyone wanted to attend the launch of the culture promotion operation, “Beauty will save the world”organized simultaneously in thirty-one other French municipalities.
Thirty-two works by great painters are exhibited in the streets and squares of Orry-la-Ville on the theme of light. It is also in the light of the street lamps that Nathanaël Rosenfeld, the mayor of the town, launched this exhibition which should last three weeks by explaining an approach created four years ago by the mayor of Saint-Dizier. “There is a cultural fight to be waged in the world against ugliness, mediocrity, despair,” he stressed in front of an audience of elected officials and residents of the town.
Many personalities were present
François Deshayes, mayor of Coye-la-Forêt and president of the Aire Cantilienne, rubbed shoulders with parliamentarians Eric Woerth and Olivier Paccaud. The region was represented by its vice-president Manoëlle Martin. Among the guests were also the deputy prosecutors of Senlis.
Eric Woerth expressed during his speech “a need for beauty that he goes to look for in museums between two sessions of the National Assembly”, while Olivier Paccaud, optimistic, with his hat screwed on his head to protect himself from the cold , quoted Napoleon: “There are only two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run, the sword is always defeated by the mind.
Many walkers stopping in front of the works
Nathanaël Rosenfeld was delighted to already see many walkers stopping in front of the works. Following his intervention, it was the “Ménestrel” group of Chantillycompletely frozen, who masterfully interpreted a magnificently sensitive Ave Maria.
Linda Malka, the new Orryge librarian, who replaces Guenola Ceratini, Magali Bouchez and Fanny Jakubek, actress from the Chantilly Academy of Dramatic Arts, then read texts full of poetry.
Art therefore takes over the public space of Orry-la-Ville for residents who will be able to freely appropriate it as they wander through the exhibition of these timeless works.
