Les mouettes

On the site of Cointe, the French graffiti artist Bonom adorned the facade of the "basilica" of a hundred white seagulls.
The symbolic decoration must also allow to partially mask the state of disrepair of the church. Inaugurated in 1937, the church was never completed due to lack of means. Neither really restored. On the facade of the "basilica" of Cointe, parts of the concrete cladding collapsed, revealing the brick structure. It was the Chancellery of the Prime Minister who commissioned the fresco at the last minute for the ceremonies of the centenary of 14-18.
A hundred stylized white birds meet at the center of the facade, symbol of peace and reconciliation. Among them, a seagull wearing a red poppy. For Olivier Hamal, president of the non-profit organization of the Interallié monument site, "the decoration is certainly a little original, the tastes and the colors can provoke reactions from each other about it but its advantage is that it helps to ensure the visibility of the building while hiding part of its miseries Another advantage: tomorrow, if we renovate the building, we can remove the painting from the fresco without difficulty".