Mythopeïa, etymologically the factory of fables, explores our imagination across the millennia by reinterpreting fragments of history. The stories become reinvented images; matter remodeled as the receptacle of a highly subjective expressivity. These works reveal two personal mythologies, inviting us to question memory and wander poetically.

The first is expressed in the ceramics of Basile Boon's sculptures. His works evoke a joyous bestiary of a forgotten time, combining beliefs, fears, and fantasies. A kind of mythological testimony, his creatures and characters echo multiple references between flora and fauna, archaeology and fiction, symbolism and pop culture. The sacred meets the fable and Basile Boon's meticulously crafted material.

Victor Cadene's universe is presented through delicat, sumptuous paper theaters. His compositions suggest scenes inhabited by a teeming imagination, navigating in a hushed eternity. The artist's drawings and collages recreate a timeless setting that draws on multiple sources, from Antiquity to Rococo to Fauvism. Each work whispers a few familiar words to our memory, which, when placed end-to-end, give way to an original image.

Two voices, two imaginations, two mythologies... Mythopeïa - fragments of eternity invites us to discover these singular universes that redraw the contours of myth and wonder between matter and memory, poetry and history, the sustenance of dreams and the creation of new utopias. This very personal reinterpretation of the past and its legends leads to a dialogue where ancient fables meet contemporary tales to resonate in eternity. 

Thibaut Wauthion