Romain Bernini evokes in his painting the themes of a history of representation, tropical greenery, primal forms, and the remnants of global cultures, which he re-envisions through layering and stratification. In a suspended time, the painting defines and exposes, through the interweaving of drawing and color, these subjects imbued with an ephemeral sensuality, for which a certain blur or memorial distance settles in. Romain Bernini opens this temporal breach in his paintings, an ethereal vision of an eternal and shifting world, where the question of finitude arises. The tapestry carries the dual purpose of translating from Romain Bernini's work the play of stains, the painter's repentance, and the fine interweaving of the figure, from the appearance of Venus to the surface of these shapeless, colored masses. Here, the textile material embodies this delicate play of colors in a constant and balanced dialogue with the outline, the object of representation. The attention to chromatic nuances, transitions, and details gently inscribes form and content in a beautiful and vibrant relationship. The work of interpretation in tapestry, a poetic translation of color and line into stitch, continues the Aubusson tradition of seeking new textile scripts.

After Laughter Comes Tears, Romain Bernini

Creation: Romain Bernini, French artist born in 1979, lives and works in Paris. Tapestry: Low-warp weaving, Atelier A2 in Aubusson Cotton warp, wool weft Dyeing: Atelier de la Lune in Aubusson Dimensions: 1.84 m height x 1.84 m width

This fourth square of the collection was the subject of an agreement signed with the Galerie Suzanne Tarasieve (Paris).

Artistic direction of the "Carrés d'Aubusson" collection: Mathieu Buard Collection supported by the Bettencourt Schueller Foundation (as part of the award of the Liliane Bettencourt Prize for the Intelligence of the Hand® - Path 2018).