Quand on touche le vide, on heurte le plein, 2014
Embossing on paper /
29.7 x 21 cm



       Sentence borrowed from the artist Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Quand on touche le vide, on heurte le plein (which could be translated by : "When you touch the void, you hit the full") plays on the obvious void/fullness dichotomy: the simple blank page is here confronted with writing in relief.
       The fact that this expression is taken visually at face value does not detract from the depth of its meaning.
      On the contrary, the humorous effect induces a shift that allows the viewer to enter another dimension that is no longer literal.

       Paradoxically, it is through the absurd that a richer reflection on the importance of the concept of emptiness, by placing it here at the heart of the work and with no other way out, is possible.