Exhibition - "The Tables of the Law" by Robin Suiffet

Name: Exhibition - "The Tables of the Law" by Robin Suiffet
Start: 2026-06-10T00:00:00+0000
End: 2026-09-06T00:00:00+0000
Location: Chapelle Notre Dame de l'Assomption

Val-Cenis

Robin Suiffet works on the effect produced by the perception of immensity, and presents his new exhibition entitled "les Tables de la Loi". It consists of books and boxes in very small formats, displayed in tilted showcases.

Description

Place of prayer, place of contemplation
"Looking at the immensity puts one's feet back on the ground. Mountains and places of prayer produce a similar effect," reads the event poster. With Robin Suiffet's now regular exhibitions, the Mont-Cenis pyramid (Notre-Dame de l'Assomption chapel), a place of prayer, also becomes a special exhibition venue. Suiffet, from Lanslebourg, works on the effect produced by the perception of immensity. Paradoxically, this year he is doing so with very small formats, displayed in sloping showcases. These books and boxes have the particularity of being sealed. On the lids of the boxes and the covers of the books, the viewer will find small oil works and monotypes (prints) that give clues to the contents of the volumes. This content resonates with the titles of the works: each title is a Latin legal sentence. These small, mysterious objects thus become windows onto the immense scales they deal with. They encourage meditation in a fitting setting, combining prayer in this chapel with contemplation on the impressive Mont-Cenis plateau.
The Tables of the Law
You won't see Moses' Tables of the Law at Mont-Cenis, but literally, exhibition tables dealing with a legal subject. Each of the works on display is a reminder of a golden rule of law. In this way, these small, hermetic volumes contain something universal: principles that are all too often neglected, both in our consciences and at a time when international law has rarely seemed so precarious. This is the meaning of the seals on each of the works: the title gives the subject, the image suggests a direction, and the seal preserves and amplifies the potential for reflection on the subject.