Title: “GATEWAY TO

THE UNKNOWN” acrylic and collage on

canvas 60 x 60 cm

The city is at the foot of a white chalky cliff with a few black lines for the suspended gateway, and a few pages, torn from an old book, for the cliff. ONLY ONE STEP, the imagination of each one of us, and thus another city takes shape.

From the Garonne and its gateway in 1841, to the East River and its bridge in 1883From the Passage to Agen and from Brooklyn to Manhattan, ONLY

ONE STEP, the reality of each one of us, and thus the small town turns into a megalopolis. WE ARE AT THE HEART OF THIS

CHANGE! May beautiful promises and sweet hopes accompany our steps in 2012!

May the capacity of Man to go beyond its own limits, be no longer turned towards himself, but be as part of a whole, that is our new design for the coming year!

Hélène Mellaerts