What are the curtains concealing, with their subtle gradations of color and from wich an intense light appears to emanate? What are the crackling neon signs proclaiming? If Amélie Bertrand's entire body of work is a realm of deceptive appearances and paradoxes, the radiant landscapes of Neon Club captivate us with their hyper-artificial and indulgent beauty, at once both mythological and digital. In this garden, where waves are frozen, fruits are suspended on chains, flowers are oversized and water lilies levitate, perfection itself breeds unease. This painting tends towards abstraction, an impure abstraction that never quite severs its ties with the world of things: an abstraction seemingly trapped in ice, frozen for an instant before it melts under the spotlights of the Neon Club.

In collaboration with the Musée de Valence - art & archéologie.