Art
The Roxy Jam Biarritz art exhibition can be found at the centre of the festival site, facing the Atlantic Ocean. It is the beating creative heart of the event, a cultural hub looking outward to the world, bringing together artists inspired by sea, surf...and women. After hosting and presenting all kinds of works by international artists (sculptures, paintings, mouldings, graffiti), this year ROXY ART is taking a new heading and dedicating its 2009 edition to photography.
Intimately bound to surfing culture and particularly to Roxy, which maintains very close links with graphic art, photography
is without doubt the most accessible and universal form of artistic expression. It is also the most prolific.Throughout the Roxy Jam, Roxy Art will be displaying works by big names who have captured the most beautiful waves, underwater shots by photographic magicians, portraits of charismatic personalities or anonymous faces from the world of surfing, as well as stories telling of the beauty and fragility of our element: water among others.
All the images on display will be available for purchase, with 50% of the profi ts donated to the Quiksilver Foundation.
Alongside this exhibition, fun artistic workshops will give adults and children alike the chance to familiarize themselves with photography and make their own contribution to the exhibition.
