Since 1983, a bronze bust of a truncated giant has stood on a granite pavement at the foot of the Tour Areva, reminiscent of the statues bequeathed to us by Antiquity. With this sculpture, the artist aims to remind passers-by that in this still young district, history and memory will one day find an important and necessary place.

Born in Germany in 1944 to a Polish mother and French father, Igor Mitoraj graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, where he was a pupil of Tadeusz Kantor. In the early 70s, fascinated by pre-Columbian art, he moved to Mexico, where he began sculpting. He returned to Europe in 1974 and exhibited in Paris in 1976 at Galerie La Hune. In 1979, he moved to Carrara in Tuscany, where he began to use marble as his main medium, while continuing to work in terracotta and bronze. In 1983, he set up his studio in Pietrasanta. Igor Mitoraj is considered one of Poland's most eminent contemporary artists. At the age of 70, Igor Mitoraj died of leukemia in 2014.