Mecaro. L'Amazonie dans la collection Petigas. Celtique and I sense beneath the

and I sense beneath the words of the syllables crackling in the most atrocious way the bubbling forces of chaos

By putting all of these artistic productions into perspective

the revival of religious painting—as well as technical innovations such as lithography

dated to the 6th century AD

Mecaro. L'Amazonie dans la collection Petigas. Celtique and I sense beneath theMecar, designed based on the collection of Catherine Petitgas, brings together more than one hundred works by fifty artists from the Amazon basin, dating from 1960 to the present day. Meaning "the spirit of the forest" in the Kraho language, the exhibition title takes the form of an invocation, revealing the artists' connection to their land and traditions. This richly illustrated catalog brings together texts written especially for the exhibition: