Mémoires d’Hyksôs 1985

12th Internationale Biennial of Tapestry — Musée cantonal de Lausanne, Switzerland — Collection Toms-Pauli Association — Molded pigmented paper pulp, felt, ink — H. 90 x L. 170 x W. 70 cm/each element.

(…) “These voluminous boxes are doubtless reminicent of coffins. That is precisely the point. It is not a question of material and technique here, only the expression is important. In this work the artist addresses memory – the memory of history, of past civilizations. The fragmentary design harbors are fragmentary character of memory. DArk, earthy gray conveys the impression of things pas, things mysterious. In this work, the emotion is the message.“ ”

© Erika Billeter 2000, Contemporary Textile Art, collection of the Pierre Pauli Asscociation, Lausanne, Switzerland.