« The sense of sacredness is not due to the religious subject – whose «disaster» has been foretold since the Renaissance – but to the burning, inside the image, through its transmutation, under the action of resin, a vegetable substance which breaks like glass, becomes opaque and protects. The blurred figures appear through a misty veil. The artist questions the capacity and depth of today’s representation. »

Alexia Guggémos

These imprints are obtained from ex-votos representing body parts. They are anonymous votive signs of a desease and a cure.