Le Musée sentimental

d'Eva Aeppli

This first retrospective in France dedicated to Eva Aeppli is an invitation to discover her sewn work, which constitutes the high point of her art. In her “musée sentimental”, like that created by Daniel Spoerri at the Centre Pompidou in 1977, her works dialogue with those by members of her close circle, with her fantasised influences and with those of her successors. It features creations by Jean Tinguely, Niki de Saint Phalle, Louise Bourgeois, Annette Messager and Sarah Lucas, highlighting how the Swiss sculptor’s art continues to exert a strong influence on the contemporary scene. Each of her fabric figures – with their striking silent cries, their simple yet highly expressive features, their scars formed by stitching – flood the viewer with ambivalent feelings in an encounter that will not leave them unaffected.