Above our certainties

A nonchalant presence

A landscape crossed by bold colours. Nothing is defined, everything is fluid, almost in balance.

A black rabbit is floating above, suspended by metal wires.

It does not look at the world. It looks at itself. A nonchalant presence, free, set apart from our certainties.

A landscape crossed by bold colours: vibrant pink, acid yellow, suspended lights. The contours are blurred, almost erased.

Something is there nonetheless: a form, a memory, an uncertain ground. Nothing is defined, everything is fluid, almost in balance. Suspended by invisible threads, a black ceramic rabbit is floating above.

It does not look at the world. It looks at itself.

Lying in a nonchalant, almost majestic posture, it seems to ignore the turmoil. Indifferent — or simply somewhere else.

I painted this rabbit

at home, in Provence, where it is seen as a pest.

But I find it magnificent. Present, amusing, free.

I wanted to depict it neither as a victim nor as a symbol, but as an autonomous figure, detached, sheltered from our judgements. It is there, above what we think we know. Far from classifications, from regulations. A little too alive, maybe. A little too free.

I do not seek to explain.
I draw a space.
A shift.
A suspended moment, on a par with uncertainty.

Technical details : Above Our certainties

Mixed installation: painting and ceramics

Painting: acrylic, oil, dry pastel, and tarlatan on canvas

Sculpture: black ceramic, suspended

Painting dimensions : 38.2 x 63.8 po

Sculpture dimensions : L 15 po

Mounting : two tubular brackets at the top + steel cable

Creation year: 2025

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