Whether they see it as a "turtle next to the left footprint of its friend the giant" formed by Madagascar and the Comoros, like Christian Jalma, or bond with its living ravines and flora, The artists from Reunion gathered in Tours for the exhibition Astèr Atèrla ("Here and now" in Creole) have in common that they explore, as a part of themselves, the small island of the Mascarene archipelago, far, far away, some 9,200 km from the tutelage of metropolitan France.

Extract from an article by Tom Laurent published in Art magazine N°108 Absolument.

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