"Hommage à l'art populaire"
(Tribute to popular art) Series
2002 / 2003
From popular Asian, Latin American and European craft
– objects: toys, ornaments, offerings, sold on markets
– materials: straw, terra cotta, feather, sugar
– very small size objects: shown very enlarged, magnified
– tribute to anonymous craftsmen who invented and created them
– in-joke towards François Mathey and his exhibitions
"Artiste / Artisan ?" (Artist / Craftsman?) (1977)
and "Ils collectionnent" (They collect) (1978)
Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris
Photograph, digital printing on canvas,
reworked
Cement, acrylic paint
200 x 200 cm (78.7 x 78.7 in.)