A variation on the theme of crucifixion and its multiple representations in art, DE CRUCE offers a contemporary interpretation of the image of suffering. With this installation of impaled tree stumps, Emmanuel Tussore questions the notion of identity. By stubbornly taking root in the land of his origins, one might risk losing himself and getting locked into identity issues. Unlike these tortured stumps emptied of their sap, how to cultivate one's roots so they become a single rhizome whose ramifications would nourish the matrix Earth? Here, intimate history and collective memory collide to overturn temporal, geographic and social boundaries.

Wood, Steel - Site specific 2020