In the shade of the city: Leandro Elrich’s map-shaped aluminium canopy artwork
OK, the time has come to own up, I love maps. So, as you can imagine, I got quite excited when I heard that some new public artwork had been installed on Place Marie de Gournay in the nascent "Belvédère" district of Bordeaux, on the right bank of the Garonne, not far from where the Pont Saint-Jean stretches across the river.
The piece is entitled 'La Carte, à ...
