Alain Banon Alain Banon

The child…

I am not pretty sure how Mamut came to me or if it was me, looking for something, that found it on my way. We are alway so busy trying to get somewhere, trying to achieve something, trying to force our limits, that we get no time to realize what we are or, maybe the most important thing, what we really want.

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Alain Banon Alain Banon

The Black Pacifier

Having been born in Barcelona, ​​and wanting to always get closer to the art world, whatever the discipline, I had the oportunity to meet over the years a lot of interesting people ... One of them is the famous "Chupet Negre" ( The Black pacifier)

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Alain Banon Alain Banon

Société des Ocres de France

The Ôkhra ocher EcoMuseum occupies a former ocher processing site, the Camille Mathieu factory. Abandoned in the 1950s, it has been rehabilitated to become a place of history and discovery…

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Alain Banon Alain Banon

The land of Ochres

When we talk about ocher, we cannot fail to mention France. And in particular, one of its most characteristic regions: French Provence. There is the Luberon, the heart of Provence and the last active Ocher quarry, located in Gargas, in the center of Luberon. And its iconic village, Roussillon.

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