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Une pierre sous la langue

Frac Franche-Comté

Besançon17.10.2025 - 01.03.2026

Installation view of Trab'ssahl in the exhibition La Linea Insubrica at Kunst Merano Arte, 2024.

The exhibition Une pierre sous la langue (A Stone Under the Tongue) refers to a Saharan poem that recommends putting a stone under the tongue to forget, and throwing it towards the sun to remember… It brings together works created between 2021 and 2024, including two pieces from the Frac collection, as well as previously unseen works created especially for the occasion, notably during the artist’s stay at Villa Medici as a resident.

This exhibition is co-produced as part of the Louis Roederer Foundation grant.

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