Moulin de Blaireau

Description
Dating from the 18th or 19th century, the Blaireau mill is a former wheat mill. Its name attests to its function: in old French, a blairie means a field of wheat covered with its harvest. Still in use in the 1980s, it became the home of the Piacé le radieux association in 2008. The 100 square metre ground floor is used for all the association's temporary exhibitions. The terraces and garden at the rear of the building provide areas for rest and relaxation amidst leisure habitats dating from the 1960s and 1970s: Bulles Six Coques by Jean Benjamin Maneval, Penta by Jacques Carchon and Jean Fournier, and Tetrodon by A.U.A (Atelier d'Urbanisme et d'Architecture). In the garden or on the island of the Moulin, formed by the two arms of the millstream and the river La BienneThe association's festivities include vernissages and the launch of the Quinzaines Radieuses with a country-style meal and bonfire to celebrate the end of the harvest...

Works on the tour
Cours du Moulin: Stéphane Vigny, The Great Piggly Wiggly2015 / Lilian Bourgeat, Breeze block, 2011
Terraces and garden: Thomas Maillaender, May cerclé and may souple by Lejaby2019 / A.U.A, Tetrodon1973 / Jean-Benjamin Maneval, Bulles Six Coques 1964-1968/ Jacques Carchon and Jean Fournier, Penta1984 /Neal Beggs, Residential unit2012 / Jean-Marie Appriou, The alchemist2014 / Island/Sea/Cold & Hervé Rousseau, Table-Couales, 2021-2022
Île du Moulin: Daniel Nadaud, Fisherman's corner1990 / Nicolas Floc'h, Untitled barbecue, 2005

Opening
Saturdays & Sundays 14:30-18:00 during temporary exhibitions.
And by appointment from April to October outside opening hours. Closed from November to March.