Le Touquet: €15,000 in to the bargain for the Artist of Tomorrow
- Dated: March 2009
- Media: La Voix du Nord
Le Touquet: €15,000 in to the bargain for the Artist of Tomorrow
Alain Godon, the artist who has recently exhibited in New York, has in conjunction with the town of Le Touquet set up the first festival of the Grand Prix for the Artists of Tomorrow to take place at the beginning of July; a major installation that could see a few hundred artists exhibiting their works all over the resort.
The incentive: €15,000 in prize money and an exhibit in a New York gallery. “When I started out in my career, I found myself in Le Touquet (in 1994) without practically a penny to my name. Le Touquet’s art galleries were too expensive for me. So I rented a section of the Palais de l’Europe saying I had the money but would pay after the exhibition. This wasn’t true at all! Luckily I was able to sell my paintings. It could have been a different story”, explains Alain Godon, who afterwards was able to exhibit on a more official basis in the resort, and which consequently pushed him to higher levels in his career.