Arcadia belongs to the series After Freud, in which the artist engages with the history of figurative painting, shifting its concerns through a feminine perspective. Through the representation of the body, textiles, and inherited objects, the work explores the relationships between memory, transmission, and presence.
The depicted figure rests within a space where the body and materials enter into dialogue across different temporalities. Above her, an inherited tapestry evokes an Arcadian landscape, introducing an imaginary dimension that contrasts with the materiality of everyday life. The scene becomes an in-between space where family memory, art history, and inner narrative converge.
The textiles within the work are not merely decorative elements; they carry the traces of time, use, and transmitted gestures. Between quotation and reinterpretation, Arcadia reflects on the way inherited images and objects continue to shape our relationship to the past and to what remains.
