Taïne Gras, urban sculptor
To grow monumental sculpted or painted flowers on walls, between walls, in trees, on esplanades, squares, alleys, along intensely urban streets, along the seaside…
There where real flowers cannot grow, in deserts,
There where real flowers can grow, to play with true and false,
Flowers sprinkled on girls’ skirts, boys’ trousers and the cloth on sculptures.
To bring coloured gaity and poetry to the city
1. taine@tainegras.com
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TAÏNE GRAS
sculptor
A sculptor nurtured by the eclectism of the School of Decorative Arts
in Paris, Taïne’s inspiration lies in anecdotes drawn from her everyday life.
Her work is a scenography of emotions, sentiments, a fixing of memories,
an illustration of ordinary life.
In parallel with a continuing personal quest, Taïne collaborates in the equiping
of public and private spaces.
Her objective: to illustrate through creativity and humour the function of the
sites, to facilitate their appropriation by the people who frequent them, while
maintaining a great respect for the architecture.
The realisation must participate in the everyday life around and not remain
lifeless and unchanging.
3. city of Lille
Martin Luther Kings square
Faubourg des postes
Cosmos
Luminous structure
525cm.
Flowers and leaves : dyed polyester resin
Big flower diameter : 1, 60 m
Small flower diameter : 1, 20 m
Stems and branches : inox tubes
Total height : 5,25m
4. City of La courneuve
School
Benches
0,50m.
2,50m.
2,m.2,m.
5. Résidence Carmen Caron
78 avenue de la République
Aubervilliers, Seine saint Denis
Project owner : First Avenue
Seeking knowledge
2012-2013
Monumental sculptures for the interior gar-
den of a students and young workers resi-
dence.
Height: 2,50m
The gay and dynamique sculptures in acro-
batic poses are meant to be a representa-
tion of the residents
Polyurethane foam, dyed polyester resin,
clothing, steel.
6. Cogedim
Ilot Pasteur, Aubervilliers center city,
Seine saint Denis
Projsect owner : Cogedim
2015
Free time
Monumental sculptures for the interior gar-
den.
Height : 2 m.
On the roof of the VH a monumental cabba-
ge surrounded by a group of people evokes
the vegetable gardens of the past history of
7. 85 rue Montmarte, Paris IIème 130 rue réaumur, Paris IIIème
City of Paris
85 rue Montmartre, Paris II
33 rue Réaumur, Paris III
Tulips
Project owner : city ofParis
Winning project
Mission entrusted : design, production, ins-
tallation.
Décor on two gable walls combining monu-
mental sculptures and painting
A bunch of brightly coloured tulips offered
to the residents of this densely popula-
ted and intensely active neighbourhood,
a flowered space where flowers are so lac-
king, a haven of peace and calm.
9. Eiffage / Logirep
Quartier du Pressenssé
Rue de St. Denis
Aubervilliers, Seine saint Denis
Project owner : Eiffage
Welcom to Aubervilliers
2014
Fresco on gable wall combining painting
and sculpture:
A branch of the highway separates this
zone from the rest of the town. The idea is
that this gable should mark the entrance
to the town and show that it belongs to
Aubervilliers ,This is Aubervilliers.
Thesculpturesofcabbagesonabackground
of coloured bands refer to the vegetable
gardens of Aubervillier’s early history.
11. Cache-cache
2014
Four characters of the same size and hu-
man scale
The busts disappear into the trunk of the
tree
Hiding in the trunk of the tree
Hiding from tree to tree
When one goes, the other appears
Gardens festival
Square de la roquette, Paris XIème