A predominantly greenish plaque, cracked, swollen, streaked with blisters, long intersecting stripes – a rectangular surface in height, with crumbling contours, pierced in its middle by a form of vertical staircase – the whole thing seems to protrude from a case of white plaster. An enigmatic composition. The irresistible seduction of ruins? The only identifiable concrete element, this small staircase nestled in a hollow suggests the depth of a cavity – an ancient roof exhumed during archaeological excavations? The work Stairplay presented by Muriel Gani for her first exhibition at the Salon des Réalités nouvelles is an abstract photo. A rarity at this show, especially in this poetic style, outside of geometric construction, where abstraction plays with the boundaries of reality, illustrating what Nerval called “the outpouring of the dream into real life”.

Excerpt from the article by Pascale Lismonde published in N°112 of the magazine Art Absolument. Published on January 15, 2025

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