Using only paper as her medium, Janique Bourget creates sculpted relief drawings that unfold in space as if weightless. Her patiently crafted patterns play with volumes, solids and voids, to form a fantastic network of living, almost organic forms.

It is this experimentation with materials, pushed to the extreme, that astonishes and moves us: using materials where they are least expected, bending them to one's will. "My works are made of paper, raw and diverse paper that I work in different forms. I am fascinated by the fragility we assume it possesses and the extent of its resources, sometimes unsuspected," explains the artist.

For the Matière Primaires exhibition, Janique Bourget presents one of her emblematic works. Entitled Phoenix, this two-meter-diameter paper sculpture unfolds like a living structure. A fluctuating and shifting paper architecture, this work draws its power from its narrative and hypnotic dimension.

The artist also presents her latest work, created in collaboration with Alice Lebourg. Blown over the embers of Janique's paper sculptures, these glass pieces take shape from the disappearance of the original works, whose imprint they retain. The beauty in Janique's work is thus revealed in this communion between strength and fragility, disappearance and reminiscence.