Les 6 mots du secret (the 6 words of secrecy)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Pinton workshop.
With signed label, n°1/1.
2001.
In 1987, Texier received a commission for the Human Rights tapestries ensemble to mark the bicentenary of the Revolution. The choice was unexpected, as the artist, still young, had never before produced tapestry cartoons. This commission brought together the Aubusson workshops that were still in operation at the time, with the seven tapestries covering a total of more than 130 woven sq.m. with literal quotations (the tables of the declaration are reproduced identically to the engraving from the revolutionary period), oscillating objects, signs, texts, etc.
Texier went on to provide cartoons for both the Manufactures Nationales (a series of three tapestries and a carpet) and Aubusson. Our cartoon incorporates the visual symbols, scattered texts, and traces characteristic of the artist’s graphic and visual universe, which constitute, to quote him, “maps where [he] introduces guiding elements” in order to reveal the eponymous « secret » to us.
Bibliography :
La Suite des Droits de l’Homme, Niort, 1989
