‘Les somnambules’ (‘The sleepwalkers’) by Alain Sechas feature three white cats as protagonists, cats that do not smile – cats with absence of expression, even if ‘more than a few people share the sensitivity to find eros in cats’.
At first glance, the cats appear indifferent and artless, but something is in fact being suppressed at a subconscious level. This work expresses the artist’s nausea towards modern desire represented by TV culture.
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Alain SEchas is a French artist born in 1955.
All images are from the exhibition ‘nuit et jour’ at Maison Hermès, Tokyo Ginza, Japan.
This exhibition closed in January 2009.
For more pictures visit: www.alainsechas.com.
