Les ongles noirs 1981

Aurelie Nemours's “Les ongles noirs” is a painting, where black and gold dance in a perfectly arranged geometric abstraction. It has an emotional and philosophical dimension. I can imagine her, brush in hand, carefully mixing those tones, a somber black and a luminous gold, deciding where one ends and the other begins. It’s as if she's sculpting space, carving it out with color. These aren’t just colors, they’re ideas, they’re feelings. The gold almost vibrates. The shapes feel solid, not airy. There are echoes of Mondrian and Malevich, but there is also a sensitivity to space and color. As painters, we are all in conversation, across time and space. We borrow, we steal, we transform. Nemours takes what came before and makes it her own, inviting us to see the world through her eyes. This isn’t just a painting, it’s an invitation to think, to feel, to see.