The cast of fabric is highlighted through a rainbow shimmer of drops. The mosaic design flows from the mother-of-pearl lustre and inset stones. The mineral dot chip binds the construction, endowing a flat icon with inherent relief. Substance and form are perpetually intertwined. A slash of the artist's hand, and her canvas becomes sculpture. The twists of coiled fabric arch into totemic figures. The meld of opposites is the core of her approach, embodied in her sculpture with tinted highlights. Sculptures as labyrinthine and serpentine as the painted work.

Françoise Py
Professor of art history, University of PARIS VIII