"Partez, et que le Diable vous accompagne"

”Partez, et que le Diable vous accompagne”, 2023.
Embroidery on palimpsest collage prepared canvas,
24 x 30 cm.

Available

This piece is the latest in the embroidered, paper covered canvas series. The not so obvious title comes from the caption of the central, photo engraved illustration, which serendipitously remained after the surface of the palimpsest collage had been honed to its final state.

The embroidery process is challenging and time consuming, I think moving forward it would be ideal to find a mechanized solution to this laborious process.

The featured word, "Love", and all it connotates, creates a marked contrast to the actions in the image. Must we flee from or embrace whole heartedly inclement events and circumstances ?

"Love. Beautifully brodered in red on the pages of old books. Is love beautiful, pure, beautiful? And were they really happy ever after? At first glance, it's beautiful, pure love. In its most vibrant red. But when we dive in, we see this ideal, youthful, innocent love, built over the years, centuries... on the foundations of pages of ancient texts that refer to romantic literature, the stories of the standard world, the writings of religious precepts, texts that have been formatting, determining, commanding, building and saying what love is. That of couples in love. Men. Woman. Who meet, date, marry, have children and are happy forever. Isn't that really the basis of so much suffering? The world is much more diverse than that. No?

We also have the word love in red sewing thread, which is so reminiscent of the embroidery so closely linked to women's handiwork, so often tied to the fate of marriage built up over centuries and centuries. Love is beautiful, yes. But its questions are deeper, as this piece shows so beautiful that you fall in love at first sight."

- Magno, Art Collector

Images below show close-up details of the completed painting phase before the emboidery was added.

The origin of the ironically fitting title

If you would like to acquire this piece, please fill out and send the form below mentioning the word, "Love", in your message.

Broderie