Lot 17 Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Make St Barths Green Again, 2016

For St Barths Greener again Association the artist created a flag. Castelbajac’s works represents hope, and the idea that the wind carries these images of hope that can then travel around the world with messages of sharing, fraternity and love. There may be a form of naivete in this series, as in the recent exhibition of Rousseau there is a desire for things more related to the heart than the intellect. A word to name this exhibition in Spanish would be “Esperanza”, in French “Espérance” and in English ”Winds of Changes.”

Make St Barths Green Again non-profit association will be working along with the local St. Barths authorities (la Collectivité de Saint Barthélemy and its environmental unit called Agence Territoriale de l’Environnement de Saint Barthélemy), local landscapers, gardeners, greenhouses and architects, to define tree planting priorities, create a map of reforestation, launch bids to bring, have trees replanted by local companies and care for the tree for the long term.