October 7th 2024
Copyright D.R.
This past summer, my exhibition at the Musée des Arts Précieux Paul-Dupuy in Toulouse for Le Nouveau Printemps felt like stepping into a different dimension. Curated by the brilliant minds of Stéphanie Moisdon and filmmaker Alain Guiraudie, the show focused on new forms of resistance and featured artists who played with notions of time, space, and materiality—an intriguing combination of humor, fantasy, and decay. I felt a profound connection to their vision of art as an interplay between reality, fantasy, and legend, often blurred in mysterious ways.
For my part in the exhibition, I decided to work with large-scale stamps, creating pieces that combined traditional craft with a sense of fluid transformation. The physicality of stamping felt right—each imprint solid, yet part of a larger ephemeral process. These forms, I hope, conveyed a rhythmic energy, reflective of the show’s themes of uncertainty and rebellion. It was gratifying to see how my work interacted with the sculptures of artists like Mathis Altmann and Lucie Stahl. Their gritty, hybrid landscapes echoed the rawness I aimed to express with each bold stamp on paper.
The museum itself, nestled in the historical Carmes/Saint-Étienne quarter, added an extra layer of intimacy. As part of this radical yet delicate community of creators, we formed a fleeting, almost anarchic movement, where different methods of storytelling and craft coexisted. I loved how Stéphanie and Alain’s curatorial touch brought this to life through a kind of visual “score,” where each piece felt like a note in an evolving symphony. Looking back, it was one of the most gratifying experiences of my artistic journey.
(Exhibition: May 30 - June 30, 2024, Musée Paul-Dupuy, Toulouse)