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Alain Triballeau, sculptor, and Geneviève Verrier have prepared their four-handed exhibition "Au fil de la terre sacrée" (Along the Sacred Earth).
This exhibition of fiber and ceramics, organized in Saint-Pair-sur-Mer (Manche), was born from an artistic encounter between Geneviève Verrier, a textile artist, and Alain Triballeau, a ceramist.
It is a special exhibition, "Au fil de la terre sacrée," which will be presented from Saturday, April 25 to Friday, May 1, 2026, at the Sainte-Anne Chapel, rue Saint-Anne in Saint-Pair-sur-Mer (Manche). A four-handed exhibition created by Geneviève Verrier, a textile artist from Saint-Pair, and Alain Triballeau, a ceramist based in Omonville (Seine-Maritime).
“We wanted to work in connection with the venue of our exhibition. For once, the Chapel dictated the spirit of our work. We reflected on sacred objects based on the idea of ‘sacerdotal kimonos’: an expression summarizing what we will present,” explains Geneviève Verrier.
"Working as a duo forces you to open your perspective, define the contours of a project, push research further, and find a new angle," confides Alain Triballeau, ceramist.
“Exchanges make us progress, sometimes destabilize us. Working together was logical with Alain: we share energies and values. And what magic when we install our works: they seem to have been made together while we work separately,” adds the textile artist.
In the silent space of the Sainte-Anne Chapel, Raku ceramics and textiles will resonate.
“Designed as an in situ installation, the exhibition will draw inspiration from the sacred character of the place to explore the symbolism of clothing as a second skin, protection, and a sign of sacralization. Ritual objects confirm an ancient memory updated,” adds Alain Triballeau.
The latter shapes clay using the Raku technique, based on beauty and imperfection. The clay, modeled and then fired, reveals an astonishing capacity for metamorphosis, evoking both the absent body and the memory of ritual gestures. Between sculpture and adornment, these monumental forms inhabit the space like contemporary relics. For the two artists, the dialogue between ceramics and textile structures the approach.
“Working as a duo opens a territory of experimentation where materials confront and enrich each other. Some pieces are born from four-handed work. They become silent signs: ritual objects, garments without bodies, symbolic envelopes, forms suspended between ritual, memory, and presence.”
From Saturday, April 25 to Friday, May 1, 2026, at the Sainte-Anne Chapel, rue Sainte-Anne, from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM and from 2:30 PM to 6:00 PM.
