“I had entrusted our gallery assistants (Peggy Leboeuf and Adeline Cacheux) to curate the vitrine of the gallery on rue Louise Weiss. The idea was to provide my employees with a space where they could showcase their tastes, their interests. This was how we organized the first exhibition featuring Aya Takano and Mr.”

“Three sets of hands were involved in this painting since it is impossible, alone, to draw three or four lines simultaneously. These tableaux localize a surface where we use brushes together, without ever lifting them off from the canvas. Their arabesques braid together, and the length of the tableau doubles as a measure of time.”