{"id":15240,"date":"2026-01-02T08:27:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T06:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/?p=15240"},"modified":"2026-01-02T10:05:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T08:05:30","slug":"quand-cyril-di-meo-fait-revenir-cezanne-pour-interroger-la-modernite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euapp01.newsmemory.com\/lamarseillaise\/news\/2026\/01\/02\/quand-cyril-di-meo-fait-revenir-cezanne-pour-interroger-la-modernite\/","title":{"rendered":"Quand Cyril Di M\u00e9o fait revenir Cezanne pour interroger la modernit\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"paragraph\">\n<p>Dans l\u2019ouvrage intitul\u00e9 <i>Paul is Back. Retour en terre aixoise d\u2019un peintre impressionniste<\/i> (BoD \u00e9ditions, 110\u00a0pages illustr\u00e9es), Cyril Di M\u00e9o, professeur de sciences \u00e9conomiques et sociales et \u00e9lu municipal d\u2019opposition \u00e0 Aix-en-Provence (PS), imagine le retour du peintre Paul Cezanne dans sa ville natale pour poser un regard d\u00e9cal\u00e9 sur notre \u00e9poque.<\/p>\n<p>\u00ab\u00a0<i>Je me sers de Cezanne comme un pr\u00e9texte pour une figure politique de ce que devient la cit\u00e9<\/i>\u00a0\u00bb, explique l\u2019auteur, qui dit avoir voulu \u00e9viter un livre \u00ab\u00a0<i>trop politicien<\/i>\u00a0\u00bb. N\u00e9 d\u2019une promenade, l\u2019ouvrage s\u2019impose comme une fable contemporaine, empreinte d\u2019ironie. Face \u00e0 la transformation du monde urbain, Cyril Di M\u00e9o observe les ambivalences de la modernit\u00e9. \u00ab\u00a0<i>Elle<\/i> <i>a fait des choses magnifiques, mais aussi tr\u00e8s moches<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb, juge-t-il, et a cr\u00e9\u00e9 \u00ab\u00a0<i>un rapport assez moche au monde<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019\u00e9cologie traverse le texte en filigrane. L\u2019auteur dresse le regard horrifi\u00e9 d\u2019un Cezanne face \u00e0 la destruction d\u2019une nature qui lui tenait tant \u00e0 c\u0153ur. Que ce soit le projet d\u2019urbanisation de la Constance ou encore la d\u00e9charge sauvage de l\u2019Arbois, cet ouvrage est l\u2019occasion de rappeler les enjeux \u00e9cologiques qui traversent la ville d\u2019Aix. Face \u00e0 cela, l\u2019auteur \u00e9crit que \u00ab\u00a0<i>si l\u2019on voulait tuer la nature, Paul, lui, continuerait de la faire hurler \u00e0 coups de couleurs<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb.<\/p>\n<p>Sans nostalgie excessive, Cyril Di M\u00e9o revendique une position humaniste et progressiste. Pour lui, l\u2019art reste un levier essentiel de la lutte. \u00ab\u00a0<i>C\u2019est une fa\u00e7on de r\u00e9veiller le sensible<\/i><i>\u00a0<\/i>\u00bb, confie-t-il, convaincu que la construction d\u2019un rapport esth\u00e9tique au monde constitue une forme de r\u00e9sistance face aux d\u00e9rives contemporaines.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dans l&rsquo;ouvrage intitul&eacute; Paul is Back. 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