Fétiches et velours, 2026 photo: Aloyse Schelcher
Exhibition view ÉROS, LES PÉTALES DE L’ABSENCE photo: Julien Kauffmann
Exhibition view ÉROS, LES PÉTALES DE L’ABSENCE
surgissement de la mémoire, 2025 mixed media
ca. 21 x 16 x 5 cm
Éros, les pétales de l’absence, 2026 Embroidery on linen on various fabrics
each 60 x 60 cm
Éros, les pétales de l’absence (No. 4), 2026 Embroidery on linen on fabric
60 x 60 cm
Exhibition view ÉROS, LES PÉTALES DE L’ABSENCE
Widerspiegelung der Seele, 2025 with Edmondo Wörner
Mixed media
ca. 155 x 210 x 180 cm
photo: Julien Kauffmann
Éros, les pétales de l’absence (No. 34), 2026 Embroidery on linen on fabric
60 x 60 cm
VÉRONIQUE ARNOLD
ÉROS, LES PÉTALES DE L’ABSENCE
24. March 2026
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23. May 2026
ÉROS, LES PÉTALES DE L’ABSENCE
I was seized by the urge to speak, to follow the course of my feelings and thoughts. I didn't know where it would lead me. I still don't, but this urge is accompanied by the hope that it will awaken other sensations.
I am trying to describe a state of ecstasy that is both extremely luminous and extremely painful.
A body full of light, yet robbed of its perception. (...)
The shock of falling in love, like a plunge into hell.
The connection between this extreme intensity and the urge to speak, to write, to embroider: a howl in the blinding light.
It was so clear.
A sudden clarity, an unexpected but unbearable opening.
A feeling beyond words: one must hold onto the thread, keep embroidering (...)