Office Pour les Insectes et leur Environnement
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Some of you know that a praying mantis sculpture of mine has been in front of the house for insects in Carrières-sous-Poissy (Fr) for several years. In the current and 206th edition of the "insect magazine" published by O.P.I.E., there is an article about my insect sculptures. In 1999, I became an independent artist because I was looking for a way to talk about the importance of "our" insects as well as "our" nature in general. In the past, I have been able to do many exhibitions in "the world of insects" and an article in this magazine is therefore of high symbolic value to me as a token of appreciation from that world. Thanks to Bruno DIDIER for writing the article, as well as to Samuel Jolivet, director of the OPIE.