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Driftwood sculpture is very popular, but it’s not always successful. Lately, I stumbled upon one in Sallenelles in Normandy and I was stunned by its beauty and the metaphor it depicted.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

I love sculpture, my readers know already about that, I have published a good number of posts on statuary<\/a> et al, but here is sculpture of another kind, anything between land-art and statuary, taken at Sallenelles<\/a>, a stone’s through from Merville, a place of History where one can visit the fort of Merville. The whole area is marked with what happened with the June 44 landings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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A Dakota at Merville. It was named “the SNAFU special.” For those who don’t know, SNAFU is a bit of a joke and it means: “Situation Normal All F***ed up” meaning there’s no need to moan, nothing is working as planned and it’s perfectly normal. Certainly with Operation Overlord, absolutely nothing worked as planned, in that area at least.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Driftwood sculpture in Sallenelles<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

You must picture thousands of soldiers being parachuted in this area which had been turned into marshlands by Marshal Rommel. He had ordered the dikes of the river Orne to be destroyed, thousands of soldiers drowned while landing and only a handful of brave men \u2014 the commander was an Irishman of French descent \u2014 took the fort. There, one can see a Dakota from the US Air Force similar to those which were used during Operation Overlord as it was called.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Today the area is so peaceful it’s hard to picture the scene.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Nowadays, the banks of the river Orne are peaceful and the perfect place for a stroll in the countryside<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Buttercups and driftwood<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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buttercups all over the place in Spring in Normandy<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

The area isn’t just conducive to rambles though, there’s art as well. Little did I know about that initiative as we stumbled upon this beautiful driftwood sculpture. The so-called house of Nature and the estuary of river Orne<\/a> is a not for profit organisation which is planning to install many land art sculptures in their back garden. Strangely enough, their non-translated website isn’t mentioning anything about the event, let alone the name of the artist. Yet I was stunned by the beauty of this land art sculpture. Besides, I loved the metaphor of freedom (driftwood), put in a cage and out of its natural element. A metaphor for today and the past two years we’ve been through.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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Driftwood sculpture in Sallenelles at the beginning of the estuary of the river Orne<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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Driftwood is plentiful on the marshy banks of the river Orne. No wonder an artist has had the idea of making a sculpture with this<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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The lighthouse of Ouistreham seen from afar with my 300mm zoom. It looks like it’s close but it takes 10 miles to cycle back down south to Pegasus Bridge (another WWII landmark) and North again to reach the other end of the estuary for there isn’t a bridge.<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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A final look at this beautiful inspiring and symbolic sculpture<\/figcaption>\r\n<\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

If you have a chance to be there in June, you should be able to see more of these land art sculptures.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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As the water was at body temperature, I used the condensation on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Color Photography"","block_context":{"text":"Color Photography","link":"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/en\/category\/photography\/color-photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/53716031911_15f9c73209_k.jpg.jpg?fit=770%2C513&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/53716031911_15f9c73209_k.jpg.jpg?fit=770%2C513&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/53716031911_15f9c73209_k.jpg.jpg?fit=770%2C513&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/53716031911_15f9c73209_k.jpg.jpg?fit=770%2C513&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":788,"url":"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/en\/2013\/03\/28\/788\/","url_meta":{"origin":9291,"position":3},"title":"it’s all up to you!","author":"Yann Gourvennec","date":"March 28, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Once again, impressive statuary here in Paris, at the Trocadero (Palais de Chaillot). The new building was inaugurated in 1937, the sculptor is Henri Bouchard. The text above the statue reads: It's all up to you, passers by that I be a tomb or treasure that I speak or or\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Architecture Photos"","block_context":{"text":"Architecture Photos","link":"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/en\/category\/photography\/architecture-photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Bouchard's statue - Palais de Chaillot","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8510\/8596440862_068bbcda30_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8510\/8596440862_068bbcda30_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm9.staticflickr.com\/8510\/8596440862_068bbcda30_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":4759,"url":"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/en\/2020\/10\/31\/chana-orloffs-open-air-exhibition\/","url_meta":{"origin":9291,"position":4},"title":"Chana Orloff’s open air exhibition","author":"Yann Gourvennec","date":"October 31, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Just before lockdown no.2 (and 3 and 4 etc.), we were lucky enough to visit Chana Orloff's exhibition. 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I was able to get inside and take pictures of the workshop, now turned into a museum.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Photography"","block_context":{"text":"Photography","link":"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/en\/category\/photography\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/50387702113_f1d199ed0d_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C361&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/50387702113_f1d199ed0d_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C361&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/50387702113_f1d199ed0d_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C361&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/50387702113_f1d199ed0d_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C361&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/50387702113_f1d199ed0d_o.jpg?fit=1200%2C361&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2492,"url":"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/en\/2015\/10\/09\/kafka\/","url_meta":{"origin":9291,"position":5},"title":"Kafka’s shadow","author":"Yann Gourvennec","date":"October 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Prague is a city of weird statuary\u00a0including that of Franz Kafka\u2019s \u201cdescription of a struggle\u201d a short story I unfortunately didn\u2019t know. Unlike most of Kafka\u2019s major works, which I read extensively when I was a young man. 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