The Last Supper
The Last Supper is a banquet installation made up of nine to thirteen place settings (in its XL version), each one personalized to tell its own story.
The tableware is cast in Jesmonite, a porous, limestone-based resin in a beige tone, giving the whole ensemble a fossilized appearance.
The objects and bestiary are crafted mainly from poultry bones, patiently cleaned and collected over the course of several years and many meals.
This monochrome still life, unified in a sandy hue, appears as if unearthed or buried—an ironic nod to the tradition of memento mori.
Installed in the refectory of the Château du Rivau as part of the group exhibition “L’Art et le Goût 2,” the banquet unmistakably echoes the Last Supper of Christ and the apostles.
Or rather, it reinterprets it.
Could this “last supper” be, implicitly, the one of a world of overconsumption on the brink—exhausted, and perhaps doomed?
Earthly nourishment or celestial food for thought, the work seems to resonate with the growing awareness of the world’s fragile state.
And yet, above all, it tells the story of eternal return.
Beyond the spectacle of desolation, I explore themes of resilience, second chances, and life after death.
The act—whether healing or curative—is both artistic and laced with humor.
Before I (or the artist) intervened, these bones were destined to disappear.
By working with humble materials—here, waste—the artistic gesture becomes refined and deliberate, executed with all the seriousness that irony demands.
