Olfactory work

Florian Mermin
Le spectre de la rose, 2024
Complete installation – International Perfume Museum, Grasse

Olfactory creation
Margaux Le Paih-Guérin

« Like the setting of Edgar Allan Poe's short story, The Masque of the Red Death, in which each room in the narrative is identified by a different colour, the space I occupy in the exhibition invites the viewer to walk through dreamlike coloured surfaces, inspired by the singer's clothing and make-up palettes. In contrast to this chromatic setting, new sculptures in various materials have been created: paintings made of rose petals and copper, and terracotta sculptures that echo the vocabulary of everyday objects (vases, potpourri, incense burners, candelabras). These elements, inspired by the shape of Ania's jewellery, paint a subtle portrait of her. » Florian Mermin