Aux Origines

• Inspiration and concept:

The work is a tribute to motherhood and the site's medical history. To create it, Nora Simon collaborated with local residents through workshops.

• Artistic composition:

True to her "Double Stories" practice (which creates a dialogue between various painting masterpieces), the artist here revisits a work by the German Expressionist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker. She places the figure at the heart of a lush, dreamlike jungle setting directly inspired by the naive style of Henri "Le Douanier" Rousseau.