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Fétiches et velours, 2026 | photo: Aloyse Schelcher 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
photo: Julien Kauffmann Exhibition view ÉROS, LES PÉTALES DE L’ABSENCE Exhibition view ÉROS, LES PÉTALES DE L’ABSENCE surgissement de la mémoire, 2025 | mixed media | ca. 21 x 16 x 5 cm 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, 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 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 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 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 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 – 23. May 2026
 

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 (...)