Plainly at the top of artist Stéphanie Solinas’ site, sits the phrase “List of Works.” What a beautiful group of words. So economical. So clear of purpose — simultaneously commencing a structure and delivering a directive. It intimates a combination of “let’s begin” with something like “the work is the substance.” And the simple vertical scroll allows the artist’s themes to unfold naturally and fluidly — themes, it seems worth mentioning, that touch upon Icelandic elves, the philosophy of Michel de Certeau, the materialism of Duchamp, the ecstasy of saints, Baudelaire’s social incisiveness… 🖖