LONG FORMAT ARTICLE, Vinciane Vuilleumier | Works on paper always hold a special fascination for me. Perhaps this is due to the fact that the support is always present and plays an active role in the image - it is, after all, the negative space we use to bring out the light. On canvas, a smooth, unified pictorial layer leaves the illusion that we're looking at an image, only - the technique is so perfect that it masks the object and the creation under the guise of a scene. On a sheet of paper, the traces bring out the drawing, but the marked surface remains visible - its grain, its hue, the marks of time and wear, it lends its matter to the composition.

Le Regard Libre N° 32 - Nicolas Jutzet We know Tintin and his inseparable fox terrier, his other faithful companion...