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Polyptych composed of 17 parts. Dedicated to Yuri Gagarin.

This artwork reflects on a new perception of the Universe that Humanity discovered after the first flight of humans in space. This new perception consists of new Spatio-temporal cartography, as well as the discovery of new proprioceptive, visual and emotional experiences during space flights. That new point of view also reveals new responsibilities to humankind regarding the stakes of ecology and the effect of human activity, thought to be invisible until then. That global knowledge raises mankind to a higher level of consciousness, bringing him maybe closer to its creator, but unmistakably closer to his duties in his struggle for survival. The three central parts of the polyptych evoke the nature of Daedalus, the image of aerospace research and construction; the new Icarus, symbolizing the flight of the first astronaut; and Jacob’s ladder, a metaphor for the idea of the bridge between sky and earth.

1. Daedalus
Tempera on canvas 60 x 30 cm 2019
2. Icarus
Tempera on canvas 60 x 120 cm 2019
3. The Fall of Icarus [New Icarus]
Tempera on canvas 60 x 30 cm 2019
4. Celestial Herds
Tempera on canvas 20 x 60 cm 2019
5. Earthly Herds [Flying over]
20 x 60 cm Tempera on canvas, 2019
6. The Earth at the centre of the spheres of the universe
Tempera on canvas 20 x 20 cm 2019 After Gossuin de Metz, The Image of the World
7. Letatlin
Tempera on canvas 20 x 20 cm 2019 After Vladimir Tatlin, Letatlin
8. Constellation of Perseus
Tempera on canvas 20 x 20 cm 2019. Based on an illustration in the catalogue from the Sufi latinus corpus
9. Constellation Orion
Tempera on canvas 20 x 20 cm 2019
10. Satellite
Tempera on canvas 20 x 20 cm 2019
11. Dove of Peace
Tempera on canvas 20 x 20 cm 2019 After Pablo Picasso, The Dove of Peace
12. Gothic Cathedral
Tempera on canvas 20 x 20 cm 2019 After Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
13. Windmill
Tempera on canvas 20 x 20 cm 2019
14. Airship
Tempera on canvas 20 x 20 cm 2019 Based on a print representing the flight of a balloon by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783
15. Wind turbines
Tempera on canvas 20 x 20 cm 2019
16. Tatlin Tower
Tempera on canvas 20 x 20 cm 2019 After Vladimir Tatlin, The Monument to the Third International
17. Vostok spacecraft
Tempera on canvas 20 x 20 cm 2019

Works mentioned:
Gossuin de Metz, The Image of the World. 13th-century copy. Manuscript on parchment, 208 leaves, 180 × 115 mm. BnF, Department of Manuscripts, French 14964, f. 117
Vladimir Tatlin, Letatlin, wood, cork, steel cable, dural, dewlap, leather belt, steel balls, cloth, 1929 – 1932.
The constellation Perseus in the catalogue of stars in the collection Sufi latinus corpus, Bologna, third quarter of the 13th century. Illuminated manuscript on parchment, 33 × 23 cm. BnF,
Arsenal, ms. 1036, f. 10r
Pablo Picasso, The Dove of Peace, drawing for the poster of the World Peace Congress,
A print showing the flight of a balloon by the Montgolfier brothers in 1783 Globe taken up at Versailles on 17 [ ie 19] September 1783 in the presence of their Majesties of the Royal Family by
Mrs. de Montgolfier, 18, coloured etching, 10 x 4,8 cm ( tr. c .), Paris chez Esnauts et Rapilly, rue St. Jacques, à la Ville de Coutances, 1784 (?).
Vladimir Tatlin, Project for the monument to the Third International, 1919 1920.

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