The bas-relief "Crucifixion" by François Marchand is absent to make way for a suspended wax drape made by Juliette Minchin. The crucified man has disappeared: all that remains is the cloth that hid his nakedness. Echoing the loincloth worn by Jesus - the Perizonium - very present in the imagery of the crucifixion, the work appears as a sacred cloth.
This fabric also refers to the "Descent from the Cross" where a sheet helps the characters to support and carry the body of Christ and then serves as a shroud.
Relique, 2021, 79 x 55 x 14 cm, cire et laiton patinés