<Les Effigies>

Largely consisting of figurative scenes, portraits, and landscapes, Marc Desgrandchamps’ works often take the form of polyptychs, reflecting his interest in cinematic aesthetics. Two animal heads mounted on stakes emerge from overgrown vegetation. On the horizon line, a motif evoking the Trojan Horse draws the eye, linking the two panels. The barbarity of these totems, erected as if in ominous warning, echoes the fratricidal war in Yugoslavia (1991-2001) in a subtle blend of the real and the imagined.