For almost 25 years, Karina Bisch (b. 1974) has been reinventing modernist motifs, not in order to quote them, but to circulate and mutate them in a contemporary context. His work, situated at the intersection of art, architecture and design, questions form as a dynamic structure capable of transcending time while renewing its symbolic charge.

The exhibition presents a varied body of work - a series of small-scale paintings, a monumental work, a tapestry and textile creations - as part of an immersive mural designed specifically for the museum's exhibition spaces. Works by Fernand Léger (drawings, tapestries, etc.), selected by Karina Bisch herself, punctuate the exhibition. The link with Fernand Léger is built around the power and plasticity of the forms. Like Léger, Karina Bisch explores the potential of the decorative not just as ornament but as an autonomous language, capable of generating meaning and reshaping space.

This exhibition is not simply a juxtaposition of works, it is a theoretical space where forms, through their circulation and reactivation, produce a dialogue between different temporalities. Here, the decorative becomes a vehicle for critical thinking about the way in which forms shape our perception of time and space.

Curator:

Anne Dopffer, Director of the Musée national du XXe siècle des Alpes-Maritimes

Julie Guttierez, Chief Curator at the Musée national Fernand Léger, Biot Karina Bisch. The head in the decor