Beatrice Bonino: In the main in the more

The Pernod Ricard Foundation is delighted to present the first institutional exhibition in France dedicated to artist Beatrice Bonino, developed in close collaboration with Catherine David, art historian and guest curator.

Beatrice Bonino’s artistic practice centers on forgotten fragments and overlooked or barely perceptible materials, which she patiently assembles into delicate, unexpected sculptures. Humble objects—juxtaposed, wrapped, or bound together—become signs of a mysterious language that only reveals itself to those willing to take the time to truly see. Her work invites slowness and attention, a willingness to approach, to accept opacity and fragility.

In dialogue with curator Catherine David, Bonino also brings her sculptural vocabulary into conversation with historical works, notably those by Lutz Bacher, Gianni Colombo, Giuseppe Desiato, Marisa Merz, and Dieter Roth. This confrontation of voices underscores both affinities and differences across generations, situating her practice within a living lineage of artistic gestures where memory meets disappearance, and where formal precision quietly intertwines with poetry.